Antonyms for elegance
ˈɛl ɪ gənsel·e·gance

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1. elegance

   Civilization applies to nations, denoting the sum of those civil, social, economic, and political attainments by which a community is removed from barbarism; a people may be civilized while still far from refinement or culture, but civilization is susceptible of various degrees and of continued progress. Refinement applies either to nations or individuals, denoting the removal of what is coarse and rude, and a corresponding attainment of what is delicate, elegant, and beautiful. Cultivation, denoting primarily the process of cultivating the soil or growing crops, then the improved condition of either which is the result, is applied in similar sense to the human mind and character, but in this usage is now largely superseded by the term culture, which denotes a high development of the best qualities of man's mental and spiritual nature, with especial reference to the esthetic faculties and to graces of speech and manner, regarded as the expression of a refined nature. Culture in the fullest sense denotes that degree of refinement and development which results from continued cultivation through successive generations; a man's faculties may be brought to a high degree of cultivation in some specialty, while he himself remains uncultured even to the extent of coarseness and rudeness. Compare HUMANE; POLITE.

   Antonyms:
   barbarism, boorishness, brutality, clownishness, coarseness, grossness, rudeness, rusticity, savagery, vulgarity

   Synonyms:
   civilization, cultivation, culture, politeness, refinement

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1. elegance

   Antonyms:
   deformity, awkwardness, inelegance, disproportion, ungracefulness, coarseness, rudeness

   Synonyms:
   beauty, grace, refinement, symmetry, gracefulness, taste

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1. • Quality

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1. elegancenoun

   a refined quality of gracefulness and good taste

   "she conveys an aura of elegance and gentility"

   Antonyms:
   inelegance

2. elegancenoun

   a quality of neatness and ingenious simplicity in the solution of a problem (especially in science or mathematics)

   "the simplicity and elegance of his invention"

   Antonyms:
   inelegance

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1. elegancenoun

   Synonyms:
   beauty, grace, richness, sumptuousness, luxuriousness

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1. awkward

   causing difficulty; hard to do or deal with

   she dances very awkwardly

   Submitted by rinat on June 11, 2017  

How to use elegance in a sentence?

1. Olivier Minne:

   It was quite revolutionary for him to accept playing a homosexual on stage, his legacy in the industry was that he brought some kind of French elegance. That was his nature, in his way of speaking and behaving, his gestures.

2. Martin Tobias Lithner:

   Mathematics is the language in which the universe whispers its deepest secrets, and its eloquence is revealed through the elegance of equations.

3. Merry Browne:

   The elegance of honesty needs no adornment.

4. Wesley D'Amico:

   The scarecrow never loses its elegance.”

5. Olivier Minne:

   His legacy in the industry was that he brought some kind of French elegance. That was his nature, in his way of speaking and behaving, his gestures.

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