Hypernyms for "inelegance"
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awkwardness
boorishness
clumsiness
coarseness
commonness
crudeness
dowdiness
drabness
gracelessness
grossness
homeliness
inflation
manginess
ostentation
ostentatiousness
pomposity
pompousness
pretentiousness
puffiness
raunch
roughness
seediness
shabbiness
sleaziness
splashiness
stiffness
tastelessness
tweediness
uncouthness
vulgarism
vulgarity
What are hypernyms?
Hypernyms are words with a broader meaning that includes the meaning of the original word. For example, "animal" is a hypernym of "dog" because a dog is a type of animal.
Think of hypernyms as "umbrella terms" or categories that include the original word.