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A Word A Day : Gauche
Friday, 21st September 2007 : Today's Word is ...
Gauche
Pronunciation : go-sh
1. Lacking social polish
2. Lacking sensitivity and skill in dealing with others
3. Clumsily lacking in the ability to do or perform
4. Lacking in refinement or grace or good taste
French, awkward, lefthanded, from Old French, from gauchir, to turn aside, walk clumsily, of Germanic origin
1. Brash
2. Impolitic
3. Indelicate
4. Undiplomatic
5. Unpolitic
6. Untactful
7. Discourtesy
8. Awkward
9. Bumbling
10. Clumsy
11. Heavy-Handed
12. Inept
13. Maladroit
14. Unskillful
15. Inability
16. Coarse
17. Uncouth
18. Tactless
19. Unsophisticated
1. Elegant
2. Graceful
3. Mannerly
4. Polished
5. Refined
6. Sophisticated
7. Tactful
8. Tasteful
• It was considered quite gauche to talk during the symphony concert.
• Feeling that his question was somewhat gauche, he smiled angrily.
1. Gauchely : Adverb
2. Gaucheness : Noun
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