gracelessness

gracelessness
noun
1. an unpleasant lack of grace in carriage or form or movement or expression
Syn: ↑ungracefulness
Derivationally related forms: ↑ungraceful (for: ↑ungracefulness)
Hypernyms: ↑awkwardness, ↑clumsiness
2. the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)
Syn: ↑awkwardness, ↑clumsiness, ↑stiffness
Derivationally related forms: ↑stiff (for: ↑stiffness), ↑graceless, ↑clumsy (for: ↑clumsiness), ↑awkward (for: ↑awkwardness)
Hypernyms: ↑inelegance
Hyponyms: ↑woodenness, ↑rusticity, ↑gaucherie

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