ungraceful
adjectiveHow many syllables in ungraceful?
There are 3 syllables in the word ungraceful.How to pronounce ungraceful:
Definition of ungraceful:
- ungraceful (adjective):
- very clumsy
- lacking grace not graceful
- adjective. lacking grace; clumsy.
Synonyms for ungraceful:
all thumbs
angular
awkward
clumsy
elephantine
embarrassed
gauche
gawky
graceless
heavy
inelegant
laboured
lumbering
nervous
ponderous
rough-hewn
rustic
rustical
stiff
stilted
timid
ugly
unco
uncomfortable
uncoordinated
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Antonyms for ungraceful:
adroit
aesthetic
affable
agile
agreeable
artistic
attractive
beautiful
beautifying
bending
bland
charming
chic
citified
civil
civilised
civilized
classy
comely
convenient
cool
coordinated
cordial
corresponding
cosmopolitan
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- gamily
- dogmatize
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- giddily
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- organised
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- perversive
- flamboyance
- smaragdine
- recondite
- icily
- exponent
- prettily
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- untiring
- skyrocket
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- awesomeness
- alighted
- tetradic
- giveaway
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