Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Inelegance

Nouns
  • inelegance
  • stiffness etc. adj.
  • unlettered Muse" [Gray]
  • barbarism
  • slang etc. Neologism
  • solecism etc. Solecism
  • mannerism etc. (affectation) Affectation
  • euphuism
  • fustian etc. Ornament
  • cacophony
  • words that break the teeth, words that dislocate the jaw
  • marinism.
Verbs
  • be inelegant etc. adj..
Adjectives
  • inelegant, graceless, ungraceful
  • harsh, abrupt
  • dry, stiff, cramped, formal
  • forced, labored
  • artificial, mannered, ponderous
  • awkward, uncourtly, unpolished
  • turgid etc. Ornament
  • affected, euphuistic
  • barbarous, uncouth, grotesque, rude, crude, halting
  • offensive to ears polite.