| Concept: | Inelegance. |
| Category: | 2. Conventional means; language generally; various qualities of style |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
inelegance; stiffness; "unlettered Muse" [Gray]; barbarism; slang; solecism; mannerism (affectation); euphuism; fustian; cacophony; words that break the teeth, words that dislocate the jaw; marinism.
-verbs
be inelegant.
-adjectives
inelegant, graceless, ungraceful; harsh, abrupt; dry, stiff, cramped, formal, guinde; forced, labored; artificial, mannered, ponderous; awkward, uncourtly, unpolished; turgid; affected, euphuistic; barbarous, uncouth, grotesque, rude, crude, halting; offensive to ears polite.
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Antonyms: |
elegance |
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| Main Entry: | bad form |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bad style |
Synonyms: |
barbarism, impropriety, indecorum, inelegance, infelicity, solecism |
| Main Entry: | impropriety |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bad taste, mistake |
Synonyms: |
barbarism, blunder, faux pas, gaffe, gaucherie, goof, immodesty, impudence, incongruity, incorrectness, indecency, indecorum, inelegance, rudeness, slip*, solecism, unseemliness, unsuitability, vulgarism, vulgarity |
Antonyms: |
correctness, propriety, suitability, tastefulness |
| Main Entry: | artlessness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unskillfulness |
Synonyms: |
awkwardness, clumsiness, crudeness, gawkiness, gracelessness, inelegance, ineptitude, uncoordination |
Antonyms: |
coordination, grace |
| Main Entry: | improperness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | impropriety |
Synonyms: |
barbarism, blunder, faux pas, gaffe, gaucherie, goof, immodesty, impudence, inappropriateness, incongruity, incorrectness, indecency, indecorum, inelegance, rudeness, slip*, solecism, unbecomingness, unfitness, unseemliness, unsuitability, unsuitableness, vulgarism, vulgarity |
| Main Entry: | impudency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | impudence |
Synonyms: |
assumption, audaciousness, audacity, barbarism, blunder, boldness, brashness, brazenness, cheek, cheekiness, chutzpah, discourtesy, disrespect, effrontery, face, familiarity, faux pas, forwardness, gaffe, gall, gaucherie, goof, immodesty, impertinence, incivility, incongruity, incorrectness, indecency, indecorum, inelegance, insolence, nerve, nerviness, overconfidence, pertness, presumptuousness, pushiness, rudeness, sassiness, sauciness, slip*, solecism, unseemliness, unsuitability, vulgarism, vulgarity |
| Main Entry: | inappropriateness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | impropriety |
Synonyms: |
barbarism, blunder, faux pas, gaffe, gaucherie, goof, immodesty, improperness, impudence, incongruity, incorrectness, indecency, indecorum, inelegance, rudeness, slip*, solecism, unbecomingness, unfitness, unseemliness, unsuitability, unsuitableness, vulgarism, vulgarity |
| Main Entry: | indecorum |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | impropriety |
Synonyms: |
barbarism, blunder, faux pas, gaffe, gaucherie, goof, immodesty, impudence, incongruity, incorrectness, indecency, indelicacy, inelegance, rudeness, slip*, solecism, unseemliness, unsuitability, vulgarism, vulgarity |
| Main Entry: | indelicacy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | impropriety |
Synonyms: |
barbarism, blunder, faux pas, gaffe, gaucherie, goof, immodesty, impudence, incongruity, incorrectness, indecency, indecorum, inelegance, rudeness, slip*, solecism, unseemliness, unsuitability, vulgarism, vulgarity |
| Main Entry: | unbecomingness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | impropriety |
Synonyms: |
barbarism, blunder, faux pas, gaffe, gaucherie, goof, immodesty, improperness, impudence, inappropriateness, incongruity, incorrectness, indecency, indecorum, inelegance, rudeness, slip*, solecism, unfitness, unseemliness, unsuitability, unsuitableness, vulgarism, vulgarity |