gaucheness

noun

Definition of gauchenessnext
as in awkwardness

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gaucheness
  1. awkwardness
  2. gracelessness
  3. clumsiness
  4. disability
  5. inability
  6. ham-handedness
  7. incapacity
Noun
  • Let’s talk about the angst and awkwardness of teenage attraction.
    — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026
  • The world of Pride and Prejudice expects women to accommodate male pride as a social fact, to smooth over awkwardness, to accept that status and wealth compensate for coldness or indifference.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 June 2026
Definition of awkwardness
Noun
  • Not two years later this tower was to collapse precipitately under its own weight into a pyramid of dust and rubble, only to be rebuilt later, in, unaccountably, all its former gracelessness.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2025
Definition of gracelessness
Noun
  • In January 2024, Lola was diagnosed with leukemia after her parents initially mistook bruises appearing across her body for childhood clumsiness.
    — Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 25 May 2026
  • The tree, which graces a botanical garden, bears patient witness to all manner of human clumsiness.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 8 May 2026
Definition of clumsiness
Noun
  • Elderly people and those with disabilities are less able to avoid rodents, especially at night.
    — Sana Noor Haq, CNN Money, 5 July 2026
  • The program supports people with limited income who are blind, age 65 or older, or have a qualifying disability.
    — Sydney Topf, The Washington Examiner, 4 July 2026
Definition of disability
Noun
  • His complaints include Microsoft being the de facto root of trust for the entire UEFI platform, the inability of the protection to scale sufficiently, and the ability for components to boot even after top-level certificates expire.
    — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 14 July 2026
  • While there are some drawbacks compared to traditional investments — such as its inability to earn dividends — there are several ways to add gold to your portfolio.
    — Liz Knueven, CNBC, 14 July 2026
Definition of inability
Noun
  • This journalistic cynicism amid government ham-handedness shattered something precious too.
    — Gil Troy, New York Daily News, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Only when Bouzid deals with the repercussions of homophobic Tunisian laws does the melodrama tip into ham-handedness.
    — Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 13 Feb. 2026
Definition of ham-handedness
Noun
  • My embodiment—paralysis—is conjured when trying to describe an inability, a lack, an incapacity.
    — Rebekah Taussig, Time, 7 July 2026
  • Under Missouri law, most mail ballots must be notarized before they can be counted, though voters casting absentee ballots for certain reasons, including incapacity, are exempt from that requirement.
    — Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 7 July 2026
Definition of incapacity
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“Gaucheness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gaucheness. Accessed 15 Jul. 2026.

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