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Meanings of gauche in English
Synonyms
Examples for "graceless"
Examples for "graceless"
1
Splendid; airy, untouched by fear; untouched by thought; fearless, faithless, heedless, graceless.
2
Those three graceless girls read the sentimental rhyme and giggled over it.
3
He called himself the basest of wretches, the most graceless of lovers.
4
He looked around the room, which was stuffed with heavy graceless furniture.
5
We look at their portraits and wonder vaguely at their graceless costumes.
1
Difficult People is a great little gem, somewhat unpolished but dazzling nonetheless.
2
The tone of it is somewhat unpolished, but the spirit is zealous.
3
In his exceeding rude, unpolished style which pictures the man, he writes:
4
Hull struck everyone in the room as almost comically banal and unpolished.
5
It is constructed of various kinds of unpolished marble and terra-cotta panels.
Usage of gauche in English
1
Such unbridled ambition may seem gauche, but Portadown know what they want.
2
Initially gauche, she has improved with this latest run of six shows.
3
With his free hand Temper drew his gauche and thrust at her.
4
There is some prospect that the opposition will be gauche by comparison.
5
Ah well, each to his own: one man's gorgeous is another's gauche.
6
He was known for dressing well, but understated, always fashionable, never gauche.
7
How could he have been so gauche, so clumsy and unlike himself.
8
A gauche, boxy cardigan with a virtuoso Lesage appliqué of trailing vines.
9
For a man as gauche as Bianchi, the room was incredibly elegant.
10
She knew Lichfield's type well: the gauche young officer, so eager to please.
11
I later heard it played in an equally gauche manner by Bob Dylan.
12
Rachel had never in her life felt so gauche and awkward.
13
Maybe rescuing her gauche older sister was his way of winning Lydia's favor.
14
He laughed, only half comprehending, gauche in the expression of his deep-hearted satisfaction.
15
Then the ordinary incident is merely gauche, and expiation a bore.
16
This woman had a trick of always making her appear gauche.
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United Kingdom
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