Synonyms for ungraceful

Most common

awkward · uneasy · graceless · gawky

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Adjective

Antonyms

graceful

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Definitions

1. adj. 1

   Not graceful; lacking grace.

Example sentences

• awkward At first the trainees were awkward in his company.
• uneasy Tom felt uneasy talking to Mary about that matter.
• graceless The graceless lummox stumbled into the room, knocking over a lamp on his way in.

Popularity over time

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

By length

4 letters

rude¹

5 letters

stiff¹, gawky²

6 letters

uneasy³, vulgar², clumsy², coarse¹, gauche¹

7 letters

awkward², uncouth², boorish², loutish

8 letters

unwieldy³, ungainly³, clownish, lubberly

9 letters

lumbering³, unrefined³, inelegant, graceless², uncourtly

10 letters

unpolished

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (gawky² = 2 syllables).