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gauche

UK
/ɡəʊʃ/
US
/ɡoʊʃ/

Translations

gaucheadjective
gaucher
Comp.
gauchest
Super.
UK
/ɡəʊʃ/
US
/ɡoʊʃ/
His gauche manner made everyone feel uncomfortable.
Его неловкие манеры заставили всех чувствовать себя неуютно.
She felt gauche in her new high heels.
Она чувствовала себя неуклюжей в своих новых туфлях на высоком каблуке.
Additional translations
бестактный
неумелый
Synonyms
awkward
clumsy
inept
ungraceful
tactless
unsophisticated
Antonyms
elegant
graceful
refined
gauchenoun
gauches
pl
UK
/ɡəʊʃ/
US
/ɡoʊʃ/
Countable; chiefly in organic chemistry, referring to a conformer with a ±60° dihedral angle.
Synonyms
awkwardness
clumsiness
gaucheness
maladroitness
inelegance
tactlessness
ineptitude
social awkwardness
ungainliness
awkward person

Definitions

gaucheadjective
Lacking social grace, sensitivity, or acuteness; awkward and tactless.
His gauche remarks at the dinner party made everyone uncomfortable.
(Chemistry) Describing a conformation in which two substituents separated by three bonds have a dihedral angle of about ±60°.
In butane, the gauche conformer is about 0.8 kcal/mol less stable than the anti conformer.
gauchenoun
(Chemistry) A conformation in which two substituents separated by three bonds have a dihedral angle of about ±60°.
The anti conformer is lower in energy than the gauche.
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