Gauche Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary (original) (raw)

gauche

/ˈgoʊʃ/

adjective

gaucher;

gauchest

gauche

/ˈgoʊʃ/

adjective

gaucher;

gauchest

Britannica Dictionary definition of GAUCHE

[also more gauche; most gauche]

:

having or showing a lack of awareness about the proper way to behave

:

socially awkward

• a gauche young man
• He has gauche manners.
• Would it be gauche of me to ask her how old she is?

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— gaucheness

noun,

chiefly British

[noncount]

• the gaucheness of his manner

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