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gauche

 
 
pronunciation:
gosh
part of speech: adjective
definition: deficient in manners or other conventions of social behavior; boorish; crude.
What is considered polite in one society may be gauche in another.
antonyms:
couth, elegant, polished, refined, smooth
similar words:
tacky, tactless, tasteless, uncouth
derivations: gauchely (adv.), gaucheness (n.)