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gauche

[ gohsh ]

adjective

  1. lacking social grace, sensitivity, or acuteness; awkward; crude; tactless:

    Their exquisite manners always make me feel gauche.

    Synonyms: uncouth, gross, coarse, maladroit, clumsy, inept



gauche

/ ɡəʊʃ /

adjective

  1. lacking ease of manner; tactless
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈgaucheness, noun
  • ˈgauchely, adverb
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Other Words From

  • gauchely adverb
  • gaucheness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of gauche1

1745–55; < French: awkward, left; Middle French, derivative of gauchir to turn, veer < Germanic
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Word History and Origins

Origin of gauche1

C18: French: awkward, left, from Old French gauchir to swerve, ultimately of Germanic origin; related to Old High German wankōn to stagger
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Example Sentences

The left should take the Stars and Stripes back from the right, which wields it like a cudgel or wears it as gauche fashion statement a la Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.

For his part, the five-time presidential candidate - who started his political life fighting Communists and conservatives alike - described himself as "ni droite, ni gauche, français" - not right, not left, but French.

From BBC

In England, though, many fans perceived it as the further desecration of a cornerstone of national culture: a soccer club’s being treated as an investment to be exploited by a gauche American owner.

Pronkstilleven pieces are complex and elaborate — aspirational in the same way foodie socials favor the gauche.

From Salon

Or is it considered inappropriate and gauche to even talk about money?

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