Antonyms of adj graceless
3 senses of graceless
Sense 1
graceless, unpleasing -- (lacking graciousness; "a totally graceless hostess")
INDIRECT (VIA ungracious) -> gracious -- (characterized by charm, good taste, and generosity of spirit; "gracious even to unexpected visitors"; "gracious living"; "he bears insult with gracious good humor")
Sense 2
graceless, ungraceful -- (lacking grace; clumsy; "a graceless production of the play"; "his stature low...his bearing ungraceful"- Sir Walter Scott)
INDIRECT (VIA awkward) -> graceful -- (characterized by beauty of movement, style, form, or execution)
Sense 3
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")
INDIRECT (VIA inelegant) -> elegant -- (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")
Similarity of adj graceless
3 senses of graceless
Sense 1
graceless, unpleasing -- (lacking graciousness; "a totally graceless hostess")
=> ungracious (vs. gracious) -- (lacking charm and good taste; "an ungracious industrial city"; "this curt summary is not meant to be ungracious"; "ungracious behavior")
Sense 2
graceless, ungraceful -- (lacking grace; clumsy; "a graceless production of the play"; "his stature low...his bearing ungraceful"- Sir Walter Scott)
=> awkward (vs. graceful) -- (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")
Sense 3
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")
=> inelegant (vs. elegant) -- (lacking in refinement or grace or good taste)
