graceless
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graceless
- /ˈɡɹeɪsləs/
Rhymes with -eɪsləs
Where it comes from
From Middle English graceles; equivalent to grace + -less.
adjective more graceless · most graceless
- Without grace. Such dutie as the ſubject owes the Prince, / Euen ſuch a woman oweth to her husband: / And when ſhe is froward, peeuiſh, ſullen, ſowre, / And not obedient to his honeſt will, / What is ſhe but a foule contending Rebell / And graceleſſe Traitor to her louing Lord?
- Lacking gracefulness. The boy sketched his roughhewn young contadino just in from the fields, naked except for his brache, kneeling to take off his clodhoppers; the flesh tones a sunburned amber, the figure clumsy, with graceless bumpkin muscles; but the face transfused with light as the young lad gazed up at John.
- Without the grace of God. For it was approaching that uncanny time of year, the festival of Beltane, when the auld pagans were wont to sacrifice to their god Baal. In this season warlocks and carlines have a special dispensation to do evil, and Alison waited on its coming with graceless joy.
- Unfortunate. Much was he grieued with that graceleſſe chaunce, / Yet from the wound no drop of bloud there fell, / But wondrous paine, that did the more enhaunce / His haughtie courage to aduengement fell: / Smart daunts not mighty harts, but makes them more to ſwell.
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Talk about this word "graceless." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/graceless. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. graceless. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/graceless "graceless." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/graceless.Cite this
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title = {graceless},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/graceless},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
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