UNGRACEFUL Synonyms: 76 Similar and Opposite Words

ungraceful

adjective

ˌən-ˈgrās-fəl

Definition of ungraceful

as in uncomfortable

lacking social grace and assurance an ungraceful but well-meaning hostess

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Recent Examples of ungraceful Is there an ungraceful way to age? — Lydia Price, PEOPLE, 30 Dec. 2025 For his part, Harman chooses allegiance to sentences so ungraceful that Kafka, as Coetzee suggests, might have written them in his sleep. — Joy Williams, Harper's Magazine, 2 May 2024 Occasionally, the dialogue is ungraceful in connecting the lines between past and present. — Washington Post, 6 Jan. 2022 Next spring will mark six years since Northland mall in Southfield closed for good after a long and ungraceful decline. — Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 19 Nov. 2020 Given that much time and his history of health, Cano could’ve endured even a fairly ungraceful decline and reached 3,000 hits and 400 home runs and shoo-in Hall of Fame status by his age-40 season when his deal runs up. — Ted Berg, For The Win, 15 May 2018 Babcock launched himself in the crowd and immediately numerous audience members—including yours truly—took an ungraceful tumble. — Efrain Dorado, RedEye Chicago, 7 Aug. 2017

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Adjective

The quarterback Mike Macdonald has earned his paychecks from making quarterbacks uncomfortable.

— Sam McDowell October 25, Kansas City Star, 26 Oct. 2026
Probably not enough to win, but enough to make laying nearly a touchdown uncomfortable.

— Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of uncomfortable

Adjective

Here, his clumsy, winky, affected, and self-undercutting direction can’t even work the charming Jenna Ortega to a great performance, as her Klara is flattened into a bundle of manic pixie mannerisms both physical and verbal.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 20 Oct. 2026
Some Latinas are nerds, and some Latinas are quirky, and some of them are goofy and some of them are clumsy.

— Johanna Ferreira, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of clumsy

Adjective

The Basketmaker—whose skills go far beyond furniture making—weaves her a match, Fiddler on the Roof-like, and the Fisherwoman, after an awkward matrimonial moment, takes Wicker Husband home to her funky little cottage.

— Valerie Monroe, Allure, 23 Oct. 2026
The pushback is awkward for a government that went out of its way to land the project.

— Joshua Hong, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of awkward

Adjective

But bond markets are already uneasy with Brazil's growing debt-to-GDP ratio, and are likely to demand an ever-higher premium if public spending rises significantly.

— Jenni Reid, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2026
The effort is backed by an uneasy alliance between the right-wing Make America Healthy Again movement and progressives, both motivated by concerns over food safety.

— Elijah Wolfson, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of uneasy

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