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indelicate

adjective

1 indelicate

In violation of good taste even verging on the indecent:
— An indelicate remark.

synonyms: off-color, off-colour.

2 indelicate

Lacking propriety and good taste in manners and conduct.

synonym: indecorous.

Roget 961: impure; unclean etc. (dirty) 653; not to be mentioned to ears polite; immodest, shameless; indecorous, indelicate, indecent; Fescennine; loose, ... show more

3 indelicate

Verging on the indecent.


Moby thesaurus: callow, chintzy, crude, improper, in bad taste, inappropriate, indecent, indecorous, indiscreet, inelegant, lewd, malodorous, offensive, rough, rude, tasteless, unbecoming, unbeseeming, uncouth, undecorous ... show more.

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