Roget's Thesaurus

#579. Inelegance

Nouns

inelegance; stiffness etc. adj.; unlettered Muse [Gray]; barbarism; slang etc. 563; solecism etc. 568; mannerism etc. (affectation) 855; euphuism; fustian etc. 577; 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, guinde [Fr.]; forced, labored; artificial, mannered, ponderous; awkward, uncourtly, unpolished; turgid etc. 577; affected, euphuistic; barbarous, uncouth, grotesque, rude, crude, halting; offensive to ears polite.