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ungrace

ungrace noun: the lack, absence, or antithesis of grace; gracelessness.

Noun

ungrace (countable and uncountable, plural ungraces)

  1. The lack, absence, or antithesis of grace; gracelessness.
    • The evil ungraces of the wicked Devil are thus called in Latin speech: […]1830, Henry Soames, Inquiry Into the Doctrines of the Anglo-Saxon Church
    • However, as costly as grace is, ungrace costs more.2005, Dee Brestin, Woman of Purpose

Verb

ungrace (third-person singular simple present ungraces, present participle ungracing, simple past and past participle ungraced)

  1. (transitive) To undo or remove grace; render grace ineffective; make ungraceful or ungracious.
    • It is another one of those experiences of ungracing the grace of God and putting boundaries, putting dogmas, putting creeds around the grace of God that ungraces the grace of God.2008, Eugene C. Rollins, Grace Is Not a Blue-eyed Blonde

Examples of ungrace in a sentence

  • There is the contract between ungrace religion and a spirituality that is grace and compassion.2008, Eugene C. Rollins, Grace Is Not a Blue-eyed Blonde:
  • Every institution, it seems, runs on ungrace and its insistence that we earn our way.2009, Philip Yancey, Where Is God When it Hurts/What's So Amazing About Grace?:

Forms of ungrace

Noun
pluralungraces
Verb
third-person singular presentungraces
present participleungracing
past participleungraced
pastungraced

Origin of ungrace

From un- (“not; lack of”) + grace.

From un- (reversal prefix) + grace.

Questions about ungrace

What does ungrace mean?
Ungrace means the lack, absence, or antithesis of grace; gracelessness.
How do you use ungrace in a sentence?
There is the contract between ungrace religion and a spirituality that is grace and compassion.
What part of speech is ungrace?
Ungrace can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of ungrace?
The plural of ungrace is ungraces.

Words near ungrace in the dictionary

  1. ungrab
  2. ungrabbable
  3. ungrabbed
  4. ungrabbing
  5. ungrabs
  6. ungrace
  7. ungraced
  8. ungraceful
  9. ungracefully
  10. ungracefulness
  11. ungraces

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