English-Thai Dictionary

inelegant

ADJ ซึ่ง ไม่ งดงาม  หยาบๆ  ซี่ง ไม่ ละเอียดอ่อน  ซึ่ง ไม่ ประ ณีต  coarse crude unrefined dignified dilicate sueng-mai-ngod-ngam

 

inelegantly

ADV อย่าง หยาบ ไม่ ปรา ณี ต 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INELEGANT

a.[L. inelegans; in and elegans, from the root of eligo, to choose. ] Not elegant; wanting beauty or polish, as language, or refinement, as manners; wanting symmetry or ornament, as an edifice; in short, wanting in any thing which correct taste requires.

 

INELEGANTLY

adv. In an inelegant or unbecoming manner; coarsely; roughly.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

INELEGANT

In *el "e *gant, a. Etym: [L. inelegans: cf. F. inélégant. See In- not, and Elegant. ]

 

Defn: Not elegant; deficient in beauty, polish, refinement, grave, or ornament; wanting in anything which correct taste requires. What order so contrived as not to mix Tastes, not well joined, inelegant. Milton. It renders style often obscure, always embarrassed and inelegant. Blair.

 

INELEGANTLY

INELEGANTLY In *el "e *gant *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In an inelegant manner.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

inelegant

in el e gant |inˈeligənt ɪnˈɛləɡənt | ▶adjective having or showing a lack of physical grace, elegance, or refinement: he came skidding to an inelegant halt | an inelegant bellow of laughter. DERIVATIVES in el e gance noun, in el e gant ly adverb ORIGIN early 16th cent.: from French inélégant, from Latin inelegant-, from in- ‘not ’ + elegant- ‘fastidious, refined ’ (see elegant ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

inelegant

in |ele ¦gant |ɪnˈɛlɪg (ə )nt | ▶adjective having or showing a lack of physical grace, elegance, or refinement: he came skidding to an inelegant halt | an inelegant bellow of laughter. • (of language ) unpolished: an inelegant title. DERIVATIVES inelegance noun, inelegantly adverb ORIGIN early 16th cent.: from French inélégant, from Latin inelegant-, from in- ‘not ’ + Latin elegant- ‘fastidious, refined ’ (see elegant ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

inelegant

inelegant adjective 1 an inelegant laugh: unrefined, uncouth, unsophisticated, unpolished, uncultivated; ill-bred, coarse, vulgar, rude, impolite, unmannerly, tasteless. ANTONYMS refined. 2 an inelegant maneuver: graceless, ungraceful, ungainly, uncoordinated, awkward, clumsy, lumbering; inept, unskillful, inexpert; informal having two left feet, clunky. ANTONYMS graceful.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

inelegant

inelegant adjective 1 Amanda gave an inelegant bellow of laughter: unrefined, uncouth, unsophisticated, unpolished, uncultured, uncultivated, gauche; crude, ill-bred, coarse, vulgar, rude, impolite, unmannerly. ANTONYMS refined; polite. 2 she danced in a stiff and inelegant way: ungraceful, graceless, ungainly, uncoordinated, gawky, gangling, awkward, clumsy, lumbering, blundering; inept, unskilful, inexpert; informal with two left feet, like a bull in a china shop. ANTONYMS elegant.

 

French Dictionary

inélégant

inélégant , ante adj. adjectif Qui manque d ’élégance.

 

Spanish Dictionary

inelegante

inelegante adjetivo Que no es elegante .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

inelegant

in el e gant /ɪnélɪɡ (ə )nt /形容詞 優雅 [魅力的 ]でない ; 粗野な .in é l e gance 名詞 in é l e gant ly 副詞