Synonyms for inelegance
Most common
awkwardness clumsiness homeliness gracelessness rudeness deformity
Definitions
- n. 1
The state or quality of being inelegant; lack of grace, refinement, beauty, or polish in language, composition, or manners.
The inelegance of the ugly duckling stood in contrast to its ultimate life as a swan.
Related words
- Other spellings
- inelegancy
Forms
- Plural
- inelegances → awkwardnesses, clumsinesses, homelinesses, gracelessnesses…
Example sentences
- awkwardness The feeling of awkwardness did not leave me.
- clumsiness Your clumsiness will get you into big trouble one day.
- rudeness We cannot put up with their rudeness any longer.
- deformity He was born with a deformity in his right hand.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| inelegance | steady | |
| awkwardness | rising | |
| clumsiness | rising | |
| homeliness | rising | |
| gracelessness | steady | |
| rudeness | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 8 letters
- rudeness2
- 9 letters
- deformity4, bluntness2
- 10 letters
- clumsiness3, homeliness
- 11 letters
- awkwardness3
- 13 letters
- gracelessness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (rudeness2 = 2 syllables).