Definition of GAUCHE

gauche

Adjective Satellite

  • lacking social polish
    • "too gauche to leave the room when the conversation became intimate"
    • "their excellent manners always made me feel gauche"

Adj

  • Awkward or lacking in social graces; bumbling; apt to make gaffes.
  • Skewed, not plane.
  • Describing a torsion angle of 60°.

Adjective

  • Lacking ease or grace; awkward or unpolished in social situations.

Examples

  • His GAUCHE attempt at a seven-letter word left him with an unplayable rack.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from French gauche (“left, awkward”), from gauchir (“to veer, turn”), from Old French gaucher (“to trample, walk clumsily”), from Frankish *walkan (“to full, trample”), from Proto-Germanic *walkaną (“to full, roll up”). Akin to Old High German walchan (“to knead”), Old English wealcian (“to roll up, curl”) and English walk, Old Norse valka (“to drag about”). More at walk.

Antonyms

adroit

Scrabble Score: 12

gauche: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
gauche: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
gauche: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

gauche: valid Words With Friends Word