graceless

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English graceles; equivalent to grace +‎ -less. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡɹeɪsləs/ Rhymes: -eɪsləs === Adjective === graceless (comparative more graceless, superlative most graceless) Without grace. 1995, Susan Sontag, "The Art of Fiction No. 143," Interview with Edward Hirsch published in The Paris Review, No. 137, Winter, 1995, p. 7, [Hirsch:] Do you mind being called an intellectual? [Sontag:] Well, one never likes to be called anything. […] I suppose there will always be a presumption of graceless oddity—especially if one is a woman. Lacking gracefulness. Without the grace of God. (archaic) Unfortunate. ==== Synonyms ==== clumsy ==== Antonyms ==== graceful ==== Derived terms ==== gracelessly gracelessness