gracelessness

2 definitions found

gracelessness - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Unfortunate. Cf. Grace, n., 4. [Obs.] --Chaucer. --
        Grace"less*ly, adv. -- Grace"less*ness, n.

gracelessness - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  gracelessness
      n 1: an unpleasant lack of grace in carriage or form or movement
           or expression [syn: gracelessness, ungracefulness]
      2: the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by
         embarrassment) [syn: awkwardness, clumsiness,
         gracelessness, stiffness]