Definition of inelegance Inelegance
in•el•e•gance
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What does inelegance mean?
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NounPlural: inelegances |
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| inelegance - the quality of lacking refinement and good taste | ||
| elegance a refined quality of gracefulness and good taste; "she conveys an aura of elegance and gentility" | ||
| quality an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare | ||
| gracelessness, clumsiness, awkwardness, stiffness an unpleasant lack of grace in carriage or form or movement or expression | ||
| dowdiness, drabness, homeliness having a drab or dowdy quality; lacking stylishness or elegance | ||
| manginess, seediness, shabbiness, sleaziness a lack of elegance as a consequence of wearing threadbare or dirty clothing | ||
| tweediness an informal, homely, outdoor look characteristic of those who wear tweeds | ||
| grossness, raunch, vulgarity, vulgarism, coarseness, commonness the quality of lacking taste and refinement | ||
| crudeness, roughness an unpolished unrefined quality; "the crudeness of frontier dwellings depressed her" | ||
| uncouthness, boorishness inelegance by virtue of being an uncouth boor | ||
| ostentatiousness, pomposity, pompousness, splashiness, pretentiousness, puffiness, ostentation, inflation the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth) | ||
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- inelegance (Noun)
The state or quality of being inelegant; lack of grace, refinement, beauty, or polish in language, composition, or manners.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- inelegance (n.)
Alt. of Inelegancy
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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inelegance
in-el′e-gans, n. want of elegance: want of beauty or polish—also Inel′egancy.—adj. Inel′egant, wanting in beauty, refinement, or ornament.—adv. Inel′egantly
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🔤- inelegance, noun, singular of inelegances.
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