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View usage for: (goʊʃ) adjectiveIf you describe someone as gauche, you mean that they are awkward and uncomfortable in the company of other people. We're all a bit gauche when we're young. She was a rather gauche, provincial creature. Synonyms: awkward, clumsy, inept, unsophisticated More Synonyms of gauche gauche in British English (ɡəʊʃ) adjectivelacking ease of manner; tactless Derived forms gauchely (ˈgauchely) adverb gaucheness (ˈgaucheness) noun Word origin C18: French: awkward, left, from Old French gauchir to swerve, ultimately of Germanic origin; related to Old High German wankōn to stagger gauche in American English (goʊʃ) adjective lacking grace, esp. social grace; awkward; tactless Derived forms gauchely (ˈgauchely) adverb gaucheness (ˈgaucheness) noun Word origin Fr < MFr gauchir, to become crooked, warped, ult. < Frank * wankjan, to totter (akin to Ger wanken), confused with * walken, to beat, full (cloth) Examples of 'gauche' in a sentencegauche Definition socially awkward We're all a bit gauche when we're young. Synonyms unpolished uncultured lacking in social graces Opposites polished , sophisticated , elegant , refined , polite , gracious , tasteful , urbane , well-mannered Additional synonymsDefinition lacking in skill or physical coordination I'd never seen a clumsier, less coordinated boxer. Synonyms awkward, blundering, bungling, lumbering, inept, bumbling, ponderous, ungainly, gauche, accident-prone, gawky, heavy, uncoordinated, cack-handed (informal), inexpert, maladroit, ham-handed (informal), like a bull in a china shop, klutzy (US, Canadian, slang), unskilful, butterfingered (informal), ham-fisted (informal), unco (Australian, slang) Definition lacking manners She couldn't stand his blunt, graceless manner. Synonyms ill-mannered, crude, rude, coarse, vulgar, rough, improper, shameless, unsophisticated, gauche, barbarous, boorish, gawky, uncouth, loutish, indecorous, unmannerlyDefinition lacking good manners They seemed to her rather vulgar and ill-bred. Synonyms bad-mannered, rude, coarse, vulgar, crass, churlish, boorish, uncouth, unrefined, impolite, ungentlemanly, uncivilized, discourteous, indelicate, uncivil, unladylike, ungallant, unmannerly, ill-mannered- gate
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Additional synonymsDefinition having bad manners She would have considered it ill-mannered to show surprise. Synonyms rude, impolite, discourteous, coarse, churlish, boorish, insolent, uncouth, loutish, uncivil, ill-bred, badly behaved, ill-behaved, unmannerlyDefinition lacking elegance or refinement The grand piano has been replaced with a small, inelegant model.She was conscious of how inelegant she looked. Synonyms clumsy, awkward, ungainly, rough, crude, coarse, crass, gauche, uncouth, unrefined, clunky (informal), graceless, uncultivated, unpolished, indelicate, ungracefulDefinition awkward, clumsy, or incompetent He was inept and lacked the intelligence to govern. Synonyms incompetent, bungling, clumsy, cowboy (informal), awkward, bumbling, gauche, cack-handed (informal), inexpert, maladroit, unskilful, unhandy, unworkmanlike Definition clumsy, awkward, or tactless Some of her first interviews with the press were rather maladroit. Synonyms clumsy, awkward, bungling, inept, cack-handed (informal), inexpert, unskilful, unhandy, ham-fisted or ham-handed (informal) Definition lacking refinement or complexity music of a crude kind which unsophisticated audiences enjoyed Synonyms simple, plain, uncomplicated, straightforward, unrefined, uninvolved, unspecialized, uncomplex |