Hypertext Webster Gateway: "graceless"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Graceless \Grace"less\, a.
1. Wanting in grace or excellence; departed from, or deprived
of, divine grace; hence, depraved; corrupt. ``In a
graceless age.'' --Milton.
2. Unfortunate. Cf. {Grace}, n., 4. [Obs.] --Chaucer. --
{Grace"less*ly}, adv. -- {Grace"less-ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
graceless
adj 1: lacking graciousness; "a totally graceless hostess" [syn: {unpleasing}]
2: lacking grace; clumsy; "a graceless production of the play";
"his stature low...his bearing ungraceful"- Sir Walter
Scott [syn: {ungraceful}]
3: lacking social polish; "too gauche to leave the room when
the conversation became intimate"; "their excellent
manners always may be feel gauche" [syn: {gauche}, {unpolished}]
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