gauche

Meaning of gauche

adjective
  1. unsophisticated and socially awkward.
    a shy and gauche teenager

mid 18th century: French, literally ‘left’.

Information about gauche

Hyphenation of gauche

gauche

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
  • gauche is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

gauche synonyms

Meaning graceless:

graceless, unpolished

Meaning not smooth or graceful; ungainly:

awkward

Meaning nervously awkward and ungainly:

gawky

Meaning having or showing a lack of physical grace, elegance, or refinement:

inelegant

Meaning lacking grace; clumsy:

ungraceful

Meaning (of a person or movement) awkward; clumsy:

ungainly

Meaning acting in a confused or ineffectual way; incompetent:

bumbling

Meaning inefficient or inept; clumsy:

maladroit

Meaning having or showing no skill; clumsy:

inept

Meaning lacking refined worldly knowledge or tastes:

unsophisticated

Meaning not characterized by good taste, manners, or education:

uncultured

Meaning (of land) not used for growing crops:

uncultivated

Meaning not processed to remove impurities or unwanted elements:

unrefined

Meaning (of food) not cooked:

raw

Meaning having little knowledge or experience of a particular thing:

inexperienced

Meaning having or showing a poor level of education:

uneducated

Meaning (of a person) having little awareness of the practicalities of life; unmotivated by material considerations:

unworldly

gauche antonyms

Meaning graceful and stylish in appearance or manner:

elegant

Meaning having, revealing, or involving a great deal of worldly experience and knowledge of fashion and culture:

sophisticated

Translation of gauche

Words that rhyme with gauche

babuche, proseuche, Luche, Moluche, Taluche, coqueluche, penuche, Bouche, Latouche, Scaramouche, accouche, babouche, barouche, bouche, cartouche, crouche, douche, escarmouche, farouche, gobemouche, grabouche, louche, mouche, nouche, pabouche, polatouche, rouche, scaramouche, Mapuche, capuche, cruche, perruche, ruche

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