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in elegant
adjective as in inelegant
adjective as in low
Strongest match
adjective as in maladroit
adjective as in oafish
adjective as in raw
adjective as in risqué
Weak matches
- amoral
- bawdy
- blue
- breezy
- crude
- daring
- dirty
- earthy
- erotic
- filthy
- foul
- gross
- hot
- immodest
- immoral
- indecent
- indecorous
- indelicate
- indiscreet
- inelegant
- lewd
- lurid
- naughty
- obscene
- off-base
- off-color
- offensive
- offside
- out of line
- provocative
- purple
- racy
- raw
- ribald
- salacious
- salty
- shady
- sizzling
- smart
- smutty
- spicy
- suggestive
- unrefined
- vulgar
- wanton
- warm
- wicked
- X-rated
adjective as in rough
Strongest matches
adjective as in rude
adjective as in rustic
adjective as in tacky
adjective as in tasteless
adjective as in uncouth
Weak matches
- awkward
- barbaric
- boorish
- cheap
- clownish
- coarse
- crass
- crude
- discourteous
- disgracious
- gawky
- graceless
- gross
- heavy-handed
- ill-bred
- ill-mannered
- impertinent
- impolite
- inelegant
- loud
- loud-mouthed
- loutish
- oafish
- raunchy
- raw
- rough
- rude
- rustic
- strange
- tacky
- uncalled-for
- uncivil
- uncivilized
- ungainly
- ungenteel
- ungentlemanly
- unpolished
- unrefined
- unseemly
- vulgar
adjective as in unseemly
Strongest matches
adjective as in wooden
adjective as in unfashionable
adjective as in ungracious
adjective as in unpolished
adjective as in unceremonious
adjective as in ungraceful
adjective as in unpolished
adjective as in unrefined
adjective as in Philistine
adjective as in clumsy
Weak matches
- all thumbs
- blundering
- blunderous
- bumbling
- bungling
- butterfingered
- clownish
- crude
- elephantine
- gauche
- gawkish
- gawky
- graceless
- ham-handed
- heavy
- helpless
- hulking
- ill-shaped
- incompetent
- inelegant
- inexperienced
- inexpert
- lubberly
- lumbering
- lumpish
- maladroit
- oafish
- splay
- stumbling
- unable
- unadept
- uncoordinated
- uncouth
- undexterous
- uneasy
- unhandy
- unskillful
- untactful
- untalented
- untoward
- weedy
adjective as in coarse
Strongest matches
adjective as in crass
adjective as in crude
adjective as in gauche
adjective as in graceless
adjective as in gross
Weak matches
adjective as in inelegant
adjective as in low
Strongest match
adjective as in maladroit
adjective as in oafish
adjective as in raw
adjective as in risqué
Weak matches
- amoral
- bawdy
- blue
- breezy
- crude
- daring
- dirty
- earthy
- erotic
- filthy
- foul
- gross
- hot
- immodest
- immoral
- indecent
- indecorous
- indelicate
- indiscreet
- inelegant
- lewd
- lurid
- naughty
- obscene
- off-base
- off-color
- offensive
- offside
- out of line
- provocative
- purple
- racy
- raw
- ribald
- salacious
- salty
- shady
- sizzling
- smart
- smutty
- spicy
- suggestive
- unrefined
- vulgar
- wanton
- warm
- wicked
- X-rated
adjective as in rough
Strongest matches
adjective as in rude
adjective as in rustic
adjective as in tacky
adjective as in tasteless
adjective as in uncouth
Weak matches
- awkward
- barbaric
- boorish
- cheap
- clownish
- coarse
- crass
- crude
- discourteous
- disgracious
- gawky
- graceless
- gross
- heavy-handed
- ill-bred
- ill-mannered
- impertinent
- impolite
- inelegant
- loud
- loud-mouthed
- loutish
- oafish
- raunchy
- raw
- rough
- rude
- rustic
- strange
- tacky
- uncalled-for
- uncivil
- uncivilized
- ungainly
- ungenteel
- ungentlemanly
- unpolished
- unrefined
- unseemly
- vulgar
adjective as in unseemly
Strongest matches
adjective as in wooden
adjective as in unfashionable
adjective as in ungracious
adjective as in unpolished
adjective as in unceremonious
adjective as in ungraceful
adjective as in unpolished
adjective as in unrefined
adjective as in Philistine
adjective as in clumsy
Weak matches
- all thumbs
- blundering
- blunderous
- bumbling
- bungling
- butterfingered
- clownish
- crude
- elephantine
- gauche
- gawkish
- gawky
- graceless
- ham-handed
- heavy
- helpless
- hulking
- ill-shaped
- incompetent
- inelegant
- inexperienced
- inexpert
- lubberly
- lumbering
- lumpish
- maladroit
- oafish
- splay
- stumbling
- unable
- unadept
- uncoordinated
- uncouth
- undexterous
- uneasy
- unhandy
- unskillful
- untactful
- untalented
- untoward
- weedy
adjective as in coarse
Strongest matches
adjective as in crass
adjective as in crude
adjective as in gauche
adjective as in graceless
adjective as in gross
Weak matches
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On this page you'll find 1124 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to in-elegant, such as: awkward, coarse, crass, gauche, graceless, and gross.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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