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

Unlike those folks from the other side of the country who fill cold-weather stadiums for bad teams during snowstorms and brag about it, the local sports fans stay away from struggling teams in uncomfortable situations and shrug about it.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026
This is uncomfortable to implement, because someone in legal, compliance or operations has to sign their name to a permanent record of judgment calls the business used to make quietly and never revisit.

— Krupesh Bhat, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of uncomfortable

Adjective

Lug a bulky, awkward, bear-proof canister to store your food so you don’t get mauled.

— Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026
That puts the conference’s universities in an awkward—and potentially paradoxical—position of promoting a product that researchers within their academic departments have raised concerns about.

— Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of awkward

Adjective

As the video popped up on social media and the Spanish-language Facebook group Danbury Al Dia, Hernandez grew uneasy.

— Laura Tillman, Hartford Courant, 31 Aug. 2026
In addition to Cima and her father, the film centers on Hig and Bangley (Josh Brolin), two very different men whose uneasy partnership is shaped by the harsh realities of their new world.

— Lily Brown, PEOPLE, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of uneasy

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