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, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, pratfall
an embarrassing mistake