gaucherie
Americannoun
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gaucheries
plural
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lack of social grace, sensitivity, or acuteness; awkwardness; crudeness; tactlessness.
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an act, movement, etc., that is socially graceless, awkward, or tactless.
noun
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the quality of being gauche
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a gauche act
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Etymology
Origin of gaucherie
From French, dating back to 1790–1800; see origin at gauche, -ery
Vocabulary lists containing gaucherie
Example Sentences
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Guadagnino says, clearly amused by his youthful gaucherie.
From New York Times ● Aug. 1, 2016
Sommeliers look a bit shocked if I order a pretty pink rosé, and although I’ve tried to defy it, my mother’s commandment about the gaucherie of wearing white after Labor Day haunts me.
From New York Times ● Sep. 5, 2015
The way she walked, spoke and combed her hair had a sureness that gives moviegoers a comfortable feeling: she would never make them wince with some awkwardness of misplaced gaucherie.
From Time Magazine Archive
Grace's flat voice and frozen facial muscles are a perfect foil for her husband's oafish ardors and accomplished gaucherie.
From Time Magazine Archive
I am very different from that self who drove to Manderley for the first time, hopeful and eager, handicapped by a rather desperate gaucherie and filled with an intense desire to please.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
Determined to escape the gaucheries of the family’s exclusive Turtle Creek enclave, Yvonne ascends from cheerleader to top majorette baton twirler to debutante to sorority girl.
From New York Times ● Aug. 4, 2020
The flubs, freakouts and gaucheries of the actress’s interviews and award-show moments – so Tumblred, tweeted and adored – have by now probably drawn as many eyes as her extraordinary film performances.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 17, 2015
She is an actress; and, as Gigi, she develops a full-length character from artless gaucheries in the first act to a stirring emotional climax in the last scene.
From Time Magazine Archive
This, then, is the Conversation Hour: the time to touch lightly on the need for a new vacuum cleaner, his gaucheries at last night's bridge party, the prospects for remedying his cultural poverty .
From Time Magazine Archive
The throat pain always returns, though, unless I tell what I really think, whether or not I lose my job, or spit out gaucheries all over a party.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
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