graceless

[ greys-lis ]

adjective

1. lacking grace, pleasing elegance, or charm.
2. without any sense of right or propriety.

graceless

/ ˈɡreɪslɪs /

adjective

1. lacking any sense of right and wrong; depraved
2. lacking grace or excellence

Derived Forms

• ˈgracelessness, noun
• ˈgracelessly, adverb

Other Words From

• graceless·ly adverb
• graceless·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of graceless¹

Middle English word dating back to 1325–75; grace, -less

Example Sentences

The theft — and its most coveted metal, bronze — belongs to a series of graceless robberies across the Southland and the country that have rendered streets dark, cemeteries without markers and public art destroyed.

From Los Angeles Times

The new courthouse, despite its graceless tower, became Ritchie’s calling card.

From Seattle Times

The film is so graceless and bizarre in its attempts at tugging at the viewer’s emotions that it often feels like a work of parody.

From New York Times

He describes his co-star in The Piano, the American actor Harvey Keitel, as "truculent and difficult and a bit graceless".

From BBC

In this coarse and graceless age, believing that our similarities eclipse our differences might be derided as Pollyannish.

From Washington Post