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Definitions for Gauche

[1] lacking social grace, sensitivity, or acuteness; awkward; crude; tactless: Their exquisite manners always make me feel gauche.
[2] on or to the left-hand side.
[3] lacking ease of manner; tactless

Words related to Gauche

awkward, clumsy, crude, graceless, green, halting, heavy-handed, ignorant, ill-mannered, inelegant, inept, insensitive, lacking, maladroit, oafish, uncouth, uncultured, unhappy, unpolished, wooden

Words nearby Gauche

gatt, gatun, gatun lake, gatvol, gatún lake, gauche, gaucher's cell, gaucher's disease, gaucherie, gaucho, gaud

Origin of Gauche

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

Words that may be confused with Gauche

gauche, gouache

Other words from Gauche

gauche·ly , adverb
gauche·ness , noun

Word origin for Gauche

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

Synonyms for Gauche

awkward, bumbling, clumsy, crude, graceless, green, halting, ham-handed, heavy-handed, ignorant, ill-bred, ill-mannered, inelegant, inept, insensitive, lacking, maladroit, oafish, uncouth, uncultured, unhappy, unpolished, wooden