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GAUCHENESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does gaucheness mean?
• GAUCHENESS (noun)
The noun GAUCHENESS has 1 sense:
1. an impolite manner that is vulgar and lacking tact or refinement
Familiarity information: GAUCHENESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An impolite manner that is vulgar and lacking tact or refinement
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
crudeness; crudity; gaucheness
Context example:
the whole town was famous for its crudeness
Hypernyms ("gaucheness" is a kind of...):
impoliteness (a discourteous manner that ignores accepted social usage)
Derivation:
gauche (lacking social polish)
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