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gauche
What does gauche mean?
gauche (adjective): awkward or lacking in social graces; bumbling; apt to make gaffes.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use gauche in a sentence?
- Their excellent manners always made me feel gauche. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce gauche?
/ɡoʊʃ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does gauche come from?
Borrowed from French gauche (“left, awkward”), from gauchir (“to veer, turn”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “gauche” mean?
deserting your allegiance or duty to leader or cause or principle
Not quite: that's what disloyal means.
of little weight or importance; not worth notice; slight; trivial
Not quite: that's what frivolous means.
commanding respect because of age, dignity, character or position
Not quite: that's what venerable means.
awkward or lacking in social graces; bumbling; apt to make gaffes
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