Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ungraceful

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.47 in modern English

Syllables
un-grace-ful
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not graceful; lacking grace.

Colloquial

Etymology

From un- + graceful.

Usage

Inflected Forms

more ungraceful (comparative) most ungraceful (superlative)

Derived Forms

ungracefully ungracefulness

Synonyms

graceless

Questions

What does ungraceful mean?
Not graceful; lacking grace.
Where does ungraceful come from?
From un- + graceful.

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