graceless
Lacking refined movement
Graceless means lacking grace—whether physical elegance, social finesse, or divine favor.
A graceless dancer moves awkwardly.
A graceless remark is tactless or rude.
The word suggests clumsiness that could have been avoided: a graceless exit from the stage, a graceless apology that only made things worse.
Lacking ease of movement
- lumberingMoving heavily and awkwardly
- awkwardLacking grace or ease
- gawkyAwkwardly tall and clumsy
- uncoordinatedLacking physical grace
bumbling · fumbling · stumbling · blundering · maladroit · oafish · klutzy · ham-handed
Not easily bent
- clunkyAwkward and cumbersome
- jerkyCured meat snack
- artlessLacking deceit or cunning
- unpolishedLacking finish or refinement
crude · rough · coarse · unrefined · unsophisticated · gauche · unlovely · unbecoming
Insensitive in manner
- insensitiveUnaware of others' emotions
- indelicateLacking refinement or tact
- discourteousLacking good manners
- impoliteLacking good manners
inconsiderate · undiplomatic · brusque · blunt · curt · abrupt · boorish · uncouth
Not converted to value
- unsanctifiedNot made holy
- unholyWicked, impious, sinful
- godlessLacking belief in deities
- unblessedNot ritually sanctified
profane · fallen · sinful · unrepentant · unsaved · irreligious · impious · unspiritual
ungainly
Lacking ease of movement
uncoordinated · bumbling · fumbling · stumbling · blundering · maladroit · oafish · klutzy · ham-handed · cloddish
stiff
Not easily bent
unpolished · crude · rough · coarse · unrefined · unsophisticated · gauche · unlovely · unbecoming · homely
tactless
Insensitive in manner
- insensitiveUnaware of others' emotions
- indelicateLacking refinement or tact
- discourteousLacking good manners
impolite · inconsiderate · undiplomatic · brusque · blunt · curt · abrupt · boorish · uncouth · crass
unredeemed
Not converted to value
- unsanctifiedNot made holy
- unholyWicked, impious, sinful
- godlessLacking belief in deities
unblessed · profane · fallen · sinful · unrepentant · unsaved · irreligious · impious · unspiritual · damned
- clumsinessclumsiness, clumsy, awkwardness, fumble, stumble
- clumsyclumsy, awkward, bumbling, bungling, fumbling
- rudenessrude, discourtesy, impolite, rudeness, disrespect
- unrefinedcrude, coarse, rough, unpolished, uncouth
- embarrassmentembarrassed, blush, humiliated, mortify, mortified
- risquerisque, racy, bawdy, ribald, suggestive