Antonyms for graceful
ˈgreɪs fəlgrace·ful

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:2.8 / 5 votes

1. gracefuladjective

   Antonyms:
   graceless, clumsy

2. gracefuladjective

   She is a graceful dancer.

   Antonyms:
   graceless, clumsy

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. graceful

   That which is graceful is marked by elegance and harmony, with ease of action, attitude, or posture, or delicacy of form. Graceful commonly suggests motion or the possibility of motion; beautiful may apply to absolute fixity; a landscape or a blue sky is beautiful, but neither is graceful. Graceful commonly applies to beauty as addressed to the eye, tho we often speak of a graceful poem or a graceful compliment. Graceful applies to the perfection of motion, especially of the lighter motions, which convey no suggestion of stress or strain, and are in harmonious curves. Apart from the thought of motion, graceful denotes a pleasing harmony of outline, proportion, etc., with a certain degree of delicacy; a Hercules is massive, an Apollo is graceful. We speak of a graceful attitude, graceful drapery. Compare BEAUTIFUL; BECOMING.

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   Synonyms:
   beautiful

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:2.3 / 3 votes

1. gracefuladjective

   characterized by beauty of movement, style, form, or execution

   Antonyms:
   ungainly, strained, awkward, wooden, laboured, graceless, clunky, unwieldy, ungracious, labored, ungraceful, gawky, clumsy

   Synonyms:
   elegant, refined

2. elegant, graceful, refinedadjective

   suggesting taste, ease, and wealth

   Antonyms:
   ungracious, laboured, strained, ungraceful, awkward, clumsy, clunky, wooden, graceless, ungainly, gawky, labored, unwieldy

   Synonyms:
   elegant, processed, polished, refined, tasteful, neat, svelte, urbane

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1. gracefuladjective

   Antonyms:
   ungraceful

   Synonyms:
   elegant, easy, willowy, courtly, polished

How to use graceful in a sentence?

1. Bill Cassara:

   [After the murders], Terry told the LAPD he was referred to a possible music talent, but he said once he got to [Manson’s place], he just wanted to get the hell out of there. It was filthy and very obvious that there was no talent. He described hearing Manson’s girls singing while he played the guitar. He felt he had to get out. So he tried to make a graceful exit.

2. Soner Cagaptay:

   It's terrible news for Turkey because Erdogan has almost no graceful exit left, his only exit is to keep winning, winning, winning elections.

3. Ricky Temple:

   I think these are great. The pointing to the arm was a graceful invitation to participate that was inviting and personal.

4. Thomas Kaplan:

   It is arguably one of the most beautiful pieces of technology ever created, it is as graceful as any piece of modernist design.

5. Booker T. Washington:

   Always be Graceful and Useful Nara Bhuvaneshwari

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