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gaucherie

DEFINITIONS OF: gaucherie

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n the quality of being rustic or gauche

Synonyms:
rusticity
Antonyms:
urbanity
the quality or character of life in a city or town
Type of:
awkwardness, clumsiness, gracelessness, stiffness
the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)

n a socially awkward or tactless act

Synonyms:
faux pas, gaffe, slip, solecism
Type of:
bloomer, blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, fuckup, pratfall
an embarrassing mistake
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