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Antonyms for ungraceful


Grammar : Adj
Spell : uhn-greys-fuh l
Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈgreɪs fəl



Definition of ungraceful

  • adj not graceful
Example sentences :
  • Must we make the ungraceful confession that Gerald was not very much in love!
  • Extract from : « Gerald Fitzgerald » by Charles James Lever
  • "It was all there," but all unseemly, ungraceful, undignified; for Polly Dill was pretty.
  • Extract from : « Barrington » by Charles James Lever
  • He was long and lean and angular, and his positions were ungraceful.
  • Extract from : « Mary Gray » by Katharine Tynan
  • A new fashion of dress seems at first to be absurd, ungraceful, or indecent.
  • Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner
  • The sharp, and yet not ungraceful, retorts which I mentioned may be instanced as follows.
  • Extract from : « The Boys' and Girls' Plutarch » by Plutarch
  • I had hoped to have announced this news in a less abrupt and ungraceful manner.
  • Extract from : « Elsie Venner » by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
  • The dress of these women was simple, like themselves, and not ungraceful.
  • Extract from : « The Lonely Island » by R.M. Ballantyne
  • Though Nick was ignorant, he was not ungraceful, and the village laughed and admired.
  • Extract from : « The Crossing » by Winston Churchill
  • Charles was of good height as well as figure, and not ungraceful.
  • Extract from : « The Town » by Leigh Hunt
  • Yet there was nothing masculine or ungraceful in her emotion.
  • Extract from : « Margaret Capel, v. 1 of 3 » by Ellen Wallace

Synonyms for ungraceful

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