ungraceful
Lacking fluid movement
Ungraceful means lacking grace, elegance, or smooth coordination.
It describes movements that are clumsy or awkward: an ungraceful stumble down the stairs.
The word extends to behavior or expression that lacks refinement: His ungraceful exit from the company left hard feelings.
Less common than graceless, which carries similar meaning.
Lacking grace or ease
- clumsyLacking physical coordination
- ungainlyLacking ease of movement
- fumblingClumsy, uncoordinated handling
- stumblingWalking clumsily, almost falling
bumbling · blundering · lumbering · gawky · oafish · cloddish · uncoordinated · heavy-footed
Insensitive in manner
- gaucheSocially awkward, unrefined
- maladroitLacking physical deftness
- uncouthLacking good manners
- boorishCrudely ill-mannered
loutish · indelicate · undiplomatic · crude · rough · coarse · ill-mannered · socially awkward
Lacking grace or refinement
- unrefinedNot processed or polished
- unpolishedLacking finish or refinement
- crudeUnpolished, raw state
- coarseRough in texture
artless · unstylish · clunky · unglamorous · homely · plain · unflattering · dowdy
awkward
Lacking grace or ease
- clumsyLacking physical coordination
- ungainlyLacking ease of movement
- fumblingClumsy, uncoordinated handling
stumbling · bumbling · blundering · lumbering · gawky · oafish · cloddish · uncoordinated · heavy-footed · ham-handed
tactless
Insensitive in manner
boorish · loutish · indelicate · undiplomatic · crude · rough · coarse · ill-mannered · socially awkward · impolite
inelegant
Lacking grace or refinement
- unrefinedNot processed or polished
- unpolishedLacking finish or refinement
- crudeUnpolished, raw state
coarse · artless · unstylish · clunky · unglamorous · homely · plain · unflattering · dowdy · frumpy
ungracefulpoised
Calm and controlled
suave · urbane · composed · self-possessed · self-assured