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单词 graceless
释义 grace·less
\-lə̇s\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English graceles, from grace + -les -less
1. : lacking grace: as
 a. : unregenerate, depraved, wicked, impious
 b. : devoid of a sense of propriety or seemliness or befitting one devoid of such a sense
  < a graceless and pushing person >
  < a graceless and rude remark >
 c. : devoid of qualities or endowments that give charm or attractiveness
  < a lonely graceless factory girl — Current Biography >
  < her body was thick and lumpish, as graceless as a bathtub — Ruth Park >
  : ugly
  < a graceless statue >
  : lacking graciousness
  < a totally graceless hostess >
 d. : devoid of the special artistic quality of fitness or proportion combined with ease and beauty of movement or expression
  < a graceless prose >
2. obsolete : merciless, cruel
grace·less·ly adverb
grace·less·ness noun -es
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