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Meanings of
gaucherie
in inglês
português
solecismo
catalão
solecisme
Back to the meaning
A socially awkward or tactless act.
slip
gaffe
solecism
faux pas
português
solecismo
catalão
rusticitat
Back to the meaning
The quality of being rustic or gauche.
rusticity
urbanity
catalão
rusticitat
Usage of
gaucherie
in inglês
1
That good Chinfeather has not quite eradicated our
gaucherie
,
it seems.
2
She was as broad as sumptuous in her nature; so what did a
gaucherie
matter?
3
I was about to commit the incredible
gaucherie
of saying I was glad you'd come along.
4
She could not resist the delicate malice of the exclamation, she imitated the
gaucherie
so delightfully.
5
Alone of all his lady acquaintances, Madame Steynlin liked him all the better for this
gaucherie
.
6
The tenderness that this
gaucherie
aroused in her made her the more merciless in her mockery!
7
There is a cynical doctrine that most men would rather be accused of wickedness than of
gaucherie
.
8
They all stared back at her, frowning slightly as diplomats will do when in the presence of
gaucherie
.
9
The
gaucherie
of that "still" struck upon Mark's artistic sensibilities, trained in Italian habits of speech.
10
Young Ocock's
gaucherie
had recalled the little maid Polly's ingenuous confusion, at finding herself the subject of conversation.
11
Every rash remark, every "break" in social form, every
gaucherie
was seized upon and ridiculed with-out mercy.
12
There was a shyness full of charm, a graceful
gaucherie
delightful to watch as the gambolings of young animals.
13
He laughed at my
gaucherie
.
14
Cope announced, with a breathless particularity not altogether disassociated from self-conscious
gaucherie
,
that he should be unable to go.
15
The only real shadow of early shyness is the quite disproportionate amount of unhappiness that conscious
gaucherie
brings with it.
16
But I had gone too far; his mother was shocked by my
gaucherie
,
and he was humiliated and justly exasperated.
Other examples for "gaucherie"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
gaucherie
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
conscious gaucherie
such gaucherie
gaucherie matter
graceful gaucherie
imitate the gaucherie
More collocations
Translations for
gaucherie
português
solecismo
gafe
catalão
solecisme
rusticitat
Gaucherie
through the time