'Inelegance' definitions:
Definition of 'inelegance'
From: WordNet
noun
The quality of lacking refinement and good taste [ant: elegance]
Definition of 'Inelegance'
From: GCIDE
- Inelegance \In*el"e*gance\, Inelegancy \In*el"e*gan*cy\, n.; pl. Inelegances, Inelegancies. [L. inelegantia: cf. F. in['e]l['e]gance.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. The quality of being inelegant; lack of elegance or grace; lack of refinement, beauty, or polish in language, composition, or manners. [1913 Webster]
- The notorious inelegance of her figure. --T. Hook. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Anything inelegant; as, inelegance of style in literary composition. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'inelegance'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- awkwardness,
- Babbittry,
- bad taste,
- boorishness,
- bourgeois taste,
- bumblingness,
- cacophony,
- camp,
- campiness,
- clownishness,
- clumsiness,
- cumbersomeness,
- defacement,
- disfigurement,
- dysphemism,
- gawkiness,
- gawkishness,
- gracelessness,
- ham-handedness,
- handful of thumbs,
- heavy-handedness,
- high camp,
- homeliness,
- hulkiness,
- ill-favoredness,
- impropriety,
- inappropriateness,
- incorrectness,
- indecency,
- indecorousness,
- indecorum,
- indelicacy,
- indiscreetness,
- indiscretion,
- inelegancy,
- kitsch,
- left-handedness,
- loutishness,
- low camp,
- lubberliness,
- lumpishness,
- maladroitness,
- oafishness,
- philistinism,
- plainness,
- ponderousness,
- poor taste,
- pop,
- pop culture,
- shapelessness,
- tastelessness,
- uglification,
- uglifying,
- ugliness,
- unaestheticism,
- unaestheticness,
- unattractiveness,
- unbeautifulness,
- unbecomingness,
- unchastity,
- uncomeliness,
- uncouthness,
- unfittingness,
- ungainliness,
- ungracefulness,
- unhandiness,
- unhandsomeness,
- unloveliness,
- unmanageability,
- unmeetness,
- unpleasingness,
- unprettiness,
- unseemliness,
- unshapeliness,
- unsightliness,
- unsuitability,
- unsuitableness,
- unwieldiness,
- vulgar taste,
- vulgarism,
- vulgarity,
- vulgarness