Antonyms of adj elegant

3 senses of elegant

Sense 1
elegant (vs. inelegant) -- (refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style; "elegant handwriting"; "an elegant dark suit"; "she was elegant to her fingertips"; "small churches with elegant white spires"; "an elegant mathematical solution--simple and precise and lucid")

inelegant (vs. elegant) -- (lacking in refinement or grace or good taste)
        => gauche, graceless, unpolished -- (lacking social polish; "too gauche to leave the room when the conversation became intimate"; "their excellent manners always made me feel gauche")
        => homely -- (without artificial refinement or elegance; "plain homely furniture"; "homely manners")

Sense 2
elegant, graceful, refined -- (suggesting taste, ease, and wealth)

INDIRECT (VIA gracious) -> ungracious -- (lacking charm and good taste; "an ungracious industrial city"; "this curt summary is not meant to be ungracious"; "ungracious behavior")

Sense 3
elegant -- (displaying effortless beauty and simplicity in movement or execution; "an elegant dancer"; "an elegant mathematical solution -- simple and precise")

INDIRECT (VIA graceful) -> awkward -- (lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance; "an awkward dancer"; "an awkward gesture"; "too awkward with a needle to make her own clothes"; "his clumsy fingers produced an awkward knot")

Similarity of adj elegant

3 senses of elegant

Sense 1
elegant (vs. inelegant) -- (refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style; "elegant handwriting"; "an elegant dark suit"; "she was elegant to her fingertips"; "small churches with elegant white spires"; "an elegant mathematical solution--simple and precise and lucid")
       => dandified, dandyish, foppish -- (affecting extreme elegance in dress and manner)
       => deluxe, de luxe, luxe -- (elegant and sumptuous; "a deluxe car"; "luxe accommodations")
       => fine -- (characterized by elegance or refinement or accomplishment; "fine wine"; "looking fine in her Easter suit"; "a fine gentleman"; "fine china and crystal"; "a fine violinist"; "the fine hand of a master")
       => high-class, high-toned -- (pretentiously elegant; "a high-toned restaurant")
       => exquisite, recherche -- (lavishly elegant and refined)
       => neat, refined, tasteful -- (free from what is tawdry or unbecoming; "a neat style"; "a neat set of rules"; "she hated to have her neat plans upset")
       => ritzy -- (luxuriously elegant)
       => soigne, soignee -- (polished and well-groomed; showing sophisticated elegance)
          Also See-> dignified#1; graceful#1; refined#1; sophisticated#1; tasteful#1

Sense 2
elegant, graceful, refined -- (suggesting taste, ease, and wealth)
       => gracious (vs. ungracious) -- (characterized by charm, good taste, and generosity of spirit; "gracious even to unexpected visitors"; "gracious living"; "he bears insult with gracious good humor")

Sense 3
elegant -- (displaying effortless beauty and simplicity in movement or execution; "an elegant dancer"; "an elegant mathematical solution -- simple and precise")
       => graceful (vs. awkward) -- (characterized by beauty of movement, style, form, or execution)