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gauche - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'gauche' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Gauche [ n.]
- Left handed; hence, awkward; clumsy.
- Winding; twisted; warped; -- applied to curves and surfaces.

Meaning of 'gauche' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . gauche [ s]
Meaning (1):
- lacking social polish
Example in sentence:
  • their excellent manners always made me feel gauche;
  • too gauche to leave the room when the conversation became intimate

Nearby Words:

gaucherie gaucho gauchos gaud gaud-day gauded gaudery gaudful gaudies gaudily

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