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gracelessness

gracelessness noun: the state of being graceless.

Noun

gracelessness (countable and uncountable, plural gracelessnesses)

  1. The state of being graceless.
    • He was aware of his ugliness, his gracelessness, a bundle of bones in filthy underclothes sitting weeping in the harsh white light: but he could not stop himself.1949, George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four: A Novel, Part Three, Chapter 3

Forms of gracelessness

pluralgracelessnesses

Origin of gracelessness

From graceless + -ness.

Questions about gracelessness

What does gracelessness mean?
Gracelessness means the state of being graceless.
What part of speech is gracelessness?
Gracelessness is a noun.
What is the plural of gracelessness?
The plural of gracelessness is gracelessnesses.

Words near gracelessness in the dictionary

  1. gracefulness
  2. gracefulnesses
  3. graceless
  4. gracelesse
  5. gracelessly
  6. gracelessness
  7. gracelessnesses
  8. gracelike
  9. Gracelyn
  10. Gracelynn
  11. gracen

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