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When you are adept at something, you are very good, skillful, or talented at it.
Someone who is adroit is skillful and clever, especially in thought, behavior, or action.
Someone who has a bilious personality is highly irritable and bad-tempered.
Someone who has a bristling personality is easily offended, annoyed, or angered.
A person with a great deal of charisma is able to highly influence others because they are easily able to inspire loyalty and create enthusiasm through personal charm.
Someone who is churlish is impolite and unfriendly, especially towards another who has done nothing to deserve ill-treatment.
A man who is dapper has a very neat and clean appearance; he is both fashionable and stylish.
A man who is debonair wears fashionable clothes and is sophisticated, charming, friendly, and confident.
Decorous appearance or behavior is respectable, polite, and appropriate for a given occasion.
A deft movement or action is made quickly and with skill.
Someone who is diffident is shy, does not want to draw notice to themselves, and is lacking in self-confidence.
If someone exhibits finesse in something, they do it with great skill and care; this most often refers to handling difficult situations that might easily offend people.
Flair can either refer to a natural talent that you possess or the ability you have at personal style.
If something is flamboyant, it is brightly colored and highly decorated.
A gauche person behaves in an awkward and unsuitable way in public because they lack social skills.
A genteel person is well-mannered, has good taste, and is very polite in social situations; a genteel person is often from an upper-class background.
Someone who is ineffectual at a task is useless or ineffective when attempting to do it.
Someone who is inept is unable or unsuitable to do a job; hence, they are unfit for it.
Someone who is nonchalant is very relaxed and appears not to be worried about anything.
To be politic in a decision is to be socially wise and diplomatic.
If you are suave, you are charming and very polite; you are also agreeable, perhaps not always sincerely, to all you meet.
To act in an uncouth manner is to be awkward and unmannerly.
Someone who is ungainly is clumsy or awkward; something ungainly can be difficult to use, primarily because of its size or weight.
An unkempt person or thing is untidy and has not been kept neat.
If you say someone’s behavior is unseemly, you disapprove of it because it is not in good taste or not suitable for a particular situation.
If you behave in an urbane way, you are behaving in a polite, refined, and civilized fashion in social situations.
A yokel is uneducated, naive, and unsophisticated; they do not know much about modern life or ideas because they sequester themselves in a rural setting.
Noun
panache
puh-NASH
Context
Most rock stars have a certain panache, or confident style, that sets them apart from others. Some wear highly noticeable crazy clothing, others strut about the stage with great self-confidence, and yet others show their panache or richly-colored spirit in their choice of face paint. Their social position in life is supported by their energetic social know-how or panache, a style that is unique and eye-catching.
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What is an example of someone with panache?
A person at a concert who pushes their way up to the front row to get a better view.
A store owner who regularly cheats their customers by overcharging them.
A skilled politician who is adored by the public for their charm and grace.
Don't Panic. Panache! If you're ever in a panic about doing something, just take it easy and do it with panache instead!
Examples
There’s something inherently cool about all the bullet time and great stunts, but when you do them so constantly they lose their panache.
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Newsvine
Microfiber is a distinctly modern touch, but it doesn’t slide out of your pocket with the panache of leather, says Anna Soo Wildermuth, a Chicago-based image expert.
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Men's Health
Despite the economy of means, the building is both elegant and jolly; it provides dignified accommodation for its elderly residents and invigorates the neighborhood with its spirit and panache.
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BNET
No other popular novelist, perhaps no other contemporary novelist period, can take recognizable, ordinary people and put them through the wringer with such cackling panache while always keeping sight of their humanity.
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Los Angeles Times
A panache is a bunch of little feathers worn as a plume on a hat or helmet, symbolically conferring to the bearer panache, or “self-confident style.”
Word Theater
The Mask Fighting criminals with panache.
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