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Synonyms for inelegant

  • adjective

Most common

clumsy ungainly unpolished graceless passe démodé unchic

All synonyms

Adjective

1. Graceless

graceless, clumsy, ungainly, unpolished, awkward, uncouth, coarse, vulgar, homely, rude, gauche, plain, rough, crude, harsh, unrefined, stiff, homespun, ordinary, hap-hazard, ungraceful informal, uncourtly

Other

passe, démodé, unchic

Antonyms

elegant, sharp, mediocre

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Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Not elegant; not exhibiting neatness, refinement, or precision.

Example sentences

  • clumsy Her movements were awkward and her gesture clumsy.
  • ungainly Very tall people can often be ungainly.
  • unpolished Who brought this unpolished country bumpkin?
  • graceless The graceless lummox stumbled into the room, knocking over a lamp on his way in.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
inelegantrising
clumsyrising
ungainlyrising
unpolishedsteady
gracelesssteady
passefalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
rude1
5 letters
rough1, plain1, harsh1, crude1, stiff1, passe2
6 letters
vulgar2, clumsy2, coarse1, homely2, gauche1, unchic
7 letters
awkward2, uncouth2
8 letters
ordinary4, homespun2, ungainly3
9 letters
unrefined3, graceless2, uncourtly
10 letters
unpolished, ungraceful

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (passe2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
inélégant
Italiano
inelegante