GAUCHE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gauche mean? 

• GAUCHE (adjective)
  The adjective GAUCHE has 1 sense:

1. lacking social polish

  Familiarity information: GAUCHE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GAUCHE (adjective)

Comparative: gaucher   
Superlative: gauchest   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Lacking social polish

Synonyms:

gauche; graceless; unpolished

Context example:

their excellent manners always made me feel gauche

Similar:

inelegant (lacking in refinement or grace or good taste)

Derivation:

gaucheness (an impolite manner that is vulgar and lacking tact or refinement)

 Context examples 

Gaucher disease is an inheritable metabolic disorder caused by a malfunctioning enzyme, called glucocerebrosidase, that’s needed to break down, or metabolize, a specific fatty material.

(Molecule may impact Gaucher, Parkinson’s disease, NIH)

Gaucher's disease is a rare, inherited disorder in which you do not have enough of an enzyme called glucocerebrosidase.

(Gaucher's Disease, NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)

Gaucher disease occurs when a person inherits 2 defective copies of the GBA gene, which codes for glucocerebrosidase.

(Molecule may impact Gaucher, Parkinson’s disease, NIH)

Gaucher's disease has no cure.

(Gaucher's Disease, NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)