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gaucherie

noun

1 gaucherie

The quality of being rustic or gauche.

synonym: rusticity.

Roget 851: vulgarity, vulgarism; barbarism, Vandalism, Gothicism; mauvis gout [Fr.], bad taste; gaucherie, awkwardness, want of tact; ill-breeding etc. (discourtesy) 895.    ... show more

Dutch: landelijkheid, rusticiteit
Polish: wieśniactwo

2 gaucherie

A socially awkward or tactless act.

synonyms: faux pas, gaffe, slip, solecism.

Dutch: vergissing, flater, blunder, taalfout
Polish: niezręczność, niedelikatność, nietakt, uchybienie, gafa


Moby thesaurus: bad job, bevue, blunder, bobble, boggle, bonehead play, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, clumsy performance, error, etourderie, flub, fluff, foozle, fumble, hash, mess, miscue ... show more.

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