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gaucheadjective lacking social grace and assurancehis loud talking at the opera marked him as gauche and uncultured awkward, clumsy, graceless, inelegant, rough-hewn, rustic(also rustical), stiff, stilted, uncomfortable, uneasy, ungraceful, wooden angular, gawky, lubberly, ungainlyboorish, clownish, uncouthabashed, discomfited, discomforted, discomposed, disconcerted, discountenanced, embarrassedself-consciousagitated, bothered, chagrined, dismayed, disquieted, distressed, disturbed, fazed, flustered, jittery, jumpy, mortified, nervous, nonplussed(also nonplused), perturbed, rattled, unhinged, unsettled, upsetdiffident, insecure, meek, modest, self-doubting, timid, unassertive, unassuming, unpretentious graceful, suave, urbane assured, calm, collected, composed, confident, cool, placid, poised, secure, self-assured, self-confident, self-possessed, serene, tranquil, undisturbed, unperturbed awkward, clumsy, maladroit, inept, gauche mean not marked by ease (as of performance, movement, or social conduct).awkward is widely applicable and may suggest unhandiness, inconvenience, lack of muscular control, embarrassment, or lack of tact.periods of awkward silence clumsy implies stiffness and heaviness and so may connote inflexibility, unwieldiness, or lack of ordinary skill.a clumsy mechanic maladroit suggests a tendency to create awkward situations.a maladroit politician inept often implies complete failure or inadequacy.a hopelessly inept defense attorney gauche implies the effects of shyness, inexperience, or ill breeding.felt gauche and unsophisticated at formal parties in 1751 |