SYNONYMS AND RELATED EXPRESSIONS
gauche
adjective
Awkward or lacking social tact.
Local English device voice, when available. This is not a recorded dictionary pronunciation.
Socially awkward
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Usage distinction
Return to topGauche concerns social manner; clumsy can instead describe physical coordination.
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See gauche in use
Interrupting the speaker to check the time seemed gauche.
A visitor's loud complaint about the poet's quiet voice was gauche, especially while everyone else was trying to resolve the technical problem.
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