inelegant

inelegant
Synonyms and related words:
Doric, all thumbs, awkward, barbaric, barbarous, beautiless, blemished, blotted, blunderheaded, blundering, boorish, bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, cacophonic, cacophonous, careless, chintzy, clownish, clumsy, clumsy-fisted, coarse, crass, crude, cumbersome, defaced, disfigured, doggerel, dysphemistic, dysphemized, fingers all thumbs, fumbling, gauche, gawkish, gawky, graceless, gross, ham-fisted, ham-handed, harsh, heavy-handed, homely, hulking, hulky, improper, impure, in bad taste, inappropriate, inconcinnate, inconcinnous, incorrect, indecent, indecorous, indelicate, indiscreet, infelicitous, left-hand, left-handed, loutish, low, lubberly, lumbering, lumpish, maladroit, marred, oafish, offensive, outlandish, plain, ponderous, raw, rough, rude, short on looks, sloppy, spoiled, stiff, tasteless, uglified, ugly, ugly as hell, ugly as sin, unaesthetic, unattractive, unbeautiful, unbecoming, unbeseeming, uncomely, uncourtly, uncouth, undignified, uneuphonious, unfelicitous, unfitting, ungainly, ungenteel, ungraceful, unhandsome, unhandy, unlovely, unpleasing, unpolished, unpretty, unrefined, unseemly, unsightly, unsuitable, untasteful, unwieldy, vulgar

Moby Thesaurus. . 1996.

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  • inélégant — inélégant, ante [ inelegɑ̃, ɑ̃t ] adj. • 1500; lat. inelegans ♦ Qui n est pas élégant. Une silhouette inélégante. ⇒ disgracieux. « Mon malheureux nom de famille, si inélégant » (Baudelaire). Qui manque de délicatesse, de correction. ⇒ incorrect,… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • inelegant — INELEGÁNT, Ă, ineleganţi, te, adj. (Rar) Care nu este elegant în vorbire, în purtare etc.; neelegant. – Din fr. inélégant. Trimis de valeriu, 21.07.2003. Sursa: DEX 98  inelegánt adj. m. (sil. mf. in ) elegant Trimis de siveco, 10.08.2004. Sursa …   Dicționar Român

  • inélégant — inélégant, ante (i né lé gan, gan t ) adj. Qui n est pas élégant. •   Les conseils qu un auteur peut recevoir d un homme du monde sur un tour de phrase inélégant, DIDER. Sur Térence.. •   Qu ils sont lourds ces arbres épais, négligés, inélégants …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • Inelegant — In*el e*gant, a. [L. inelegans: cf. F. in[ e]l[ e]gant. See {In } not, and {Elegant}.] Not elegant; deficient in beauty, polish, refinement, grave, or ornament; wanting in anything which correct taste requires. [1913 Webster] What order so… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • inelegant — (adj.) c.1500, from Fr. inélégant (15c.), from L. inelegantem (nom. inelegans) not choice, without taste, without judgment, from in not (see IN (Cf. in ) (1)) + elegans (see ELEGANT (Cf. elegant)). Related: Inelegantly; inelegance …   Etymology dictionary

  • inelegant — [in el′ə gənt] adj. [Fr inélégant < L inelegans] not elegant; lacking refinement, good taste, grace, etc.; coarse; crude inelegantly adv …   English World dictionary

  • inelegant — I adjective awkward, base, boorish, churlish, cloddish, coarse, common, crass, crude, earthy, graceless, gross, homely, homespun, ill bred, ill mannered, improper, in bad taste, indecorous, indelicate, inelegans, inurbanus, invenustus, lacking… …   Law dictionary

  • inelegant — [adj] clumsy, crude awkward, coarse, crass, gauche, graceless, gross, indelicate, labored, oafish, raw, rough, rude, stiff*, uncouth, uncultivated, uncultured, ungainly, ungraceful, unpolished, unrefined, vulgar, wooden*; concepts 267,542,555 Ant …   New thesaurus

  • inelegant — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ lacking elegance or refinement. DERIVATIVES inelegance noun inelegantly adverb …   English terms dictionary

  • inelegant — adj. inelegant to + inf. (it was inelegant to phrase the request in that manner) * * * [ɪn elɪgənt] inelegant to + inf. (it was inelegant to phrase the request in that manner) …   Combinatory dictionary

  • inelegant — [[t]ɪne̱lɪgənt[/t]] ADJ GRADED If you say that something is inelegant, you mean that it is not attractive or graceful. The grand piano has been replaced with a small, inelegant electric model. Ant: elegant …   English dictionary

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