gaucheness
Lacking social grace
Gaucheness is awkwardness or lack of social grace—the quality of being gauche.
It suggests tactless behavior or clumsy manners rather than mere shyness: His gaucheness at formal dinners embarrassed his wife.
The word carries a hint of unsophistication, implying someone hasn't learned the unwritten rules of polite society.
Lack of physical grace
- ungainlinessLack of physical grace
- gawkinessClumsy, awkward manner
- stiffnessResistance to deformation
- lumberingMoving heavily and awkwardly
uncoordination · gracelessness · inelegance · oafishness · cloddishness · ham-handedness · clunkiness · fumbling
Absence of social sensitivity
- faux pasSocial misstep or indiscretion
- blunderFoolish, costly mistake
- indelicacyWant of propriety
- improprietyUnsuitable or inappropriate behavior
boorishness · crudeness · unsophistication · gracelessness · inelegance · maladroitness · gaffe · misstep
Innocent lack of experience
- greennessState of being verdant
- unworldlinessDetachment from material concerns
- unsophisticationLack of worldly experience
- callownessInexperience from youth
rawness · inexperience · artlessness · ingenuousness · rusticity · provincialism · simplicity · guilelessness
Intense shame or embarrassment
- discomfitureUneasy self-conscious distress
- chagrinDistress from wounded pride
- humiliationLoss of dignity
- self-consciousnessUncomfortable awareness of oneself
red-faced · flustered · abashment · cringe · shame · discomfort · unease · awkward silence
clumsiness
Lack of physical grace
- ungainlinessLack of physical grace
- gawkinessClumsy, awkward manner
- stiffnessResistance to deformation
lumbering · uncoordination · gracelessness · inelegance · oafishness · cloddishness · ham-handedness · clunkiness · fumbling · stumbling
tactlessness
Absence of social sensitivity
- faux pasSocial misstep or indiscretion
- blunderFoolish, costly mistake
- indelicacyWant of propriety
impropriety · boorishness · crudeness · unsophistication · gracelessness · inelegance · maladroitness · gaffe · misstep · uncouthness
naivety
Innocent lack of experience
- greennessState of being verdant
- unworldlinessDetachment from material concerns
- unsophisticationLack of worldly experience
callowness · rawness · inexperience · artlessness · ingenuousness · rusticity · provincialism · simplicity · guilelessness · novice
mortification
Intense shame or embarrassment
- discomfitureUneasy self-conscious distress
- chagrinDistress from wounded pride
- humiliationLoss of dignity
self-consciousness · red-faced · flustered · abashment · cringe · shame · discomfort · unease · awkward silence · social anxiety
- gracelessnessclumsiness, boorishness, rudeness, vulgarity, indecorum
- mistakesmistake, mistakes, slip, error, errors
- cringecringe, cringeworthy, cringy, secondhand embarrassment, facepalm
- uncool traitsnerdiness, geekiness, lameness, dorkiness, cringe
gauchenesstact
Sensitivity in speech
tactfulness · sophistication · diplomacy · social grace · savoir-faire
gauchenessgracefulness
Smoothness of movement
agility · grace · nimbleness · elegance · litheness
gauchenesssophistication
Cultured elegance and complexity
refinement · cultivation · worldliness · cosmopolitanism · polish