ungracefulnessn.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈɡreɪsf(ᵿ)lnəs/, /(ˌ)ʌŋˈɡreɪsf(ᵿ)lnəs/, U.S. /ˌənˈɡreɪsfəlnəs/ (un- prefix1 6; cf. ungracefully adv.)
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > lack of refinement > inelegance > [noun] > ungracefulness
ungracefulness1658
awkwardness1705
ungainness1727
left-handiness1749
ungainliness1755
lankiness1893
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > inelegance > [noun]
roughnessa1398
beggarliness1542
crabbedness1546
barbarousness1549
grossness1563
rusticity1565
barbarism1578
inconcinnity1616
ungracefulness1658
incuriosity1661
incomptness1669
uncouthness1672
unpoliteness1684
barbarity1706
inelegance1726
inelegancy1727
scabrousness1727
asperity1779
crudity1885
ineloquence1894
1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words at Inconcinnity Ungracefulness.
1673 R. Allestree Ladies Calling i. i. ⁋11 Whether it were from the ungracefulness of the thing,..I shall not determin.
1782 J. Reynolds Disc. Royal Acad. (1825) xi. 75/1 The child..appeared to observe only the ungracefulness of the persons represented.
1835 E. Bulwer-Lytton Rienzi I. ii. iii. 243 Habituated to the ungracefulness of an unlettered pride.
1867 J. Ruskin Time & Tide xix. §115 I cannot help what taint of ungracefulness you..may feel that I incur in speaking..of myself.
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