gauche

a rather gauche, insecure young man.

too gauche to leave the room when the conversation became intimate.

Her gauche manners made everyone uncomfortable.

He felt a bit gauche at the fancy dinner party.

She tried to hide her gauche behavior in social situations.

His gauche attempt at flirting was awkward.

The new employee's gauche comments offended some coworkers.

Despite his gauche appearance, he was actually quite charming.

She felt gauche and out of place among the sophisticated crowd.

His gauche handling of the delicate situation only made things worse.

The actress's gauche performance drew criticism from the audience.

He always felt a little gauche when speaking in front of large crowds.

We can not afford to be gauche.

And words for left give us sinister, gauche, maladroit.

We are gauche in our efforts to seduce and pitiful in our requests for attention.

What are you doing? Do you realize how gauche it is to open gifts at a party, before dessert?

Oh dear, I said the aesthetic for today's party was a mod re-imagining of a traditional American Christmas, not some gauche 1980s nightmare.

It doesn't matter how highly qualified or brilliant you may be, if you come across as tongue-tied or gauche, your chances of getting a job are pretty small.