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Indelicate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective Indelicate has 3 senses
- indelicate(s = adj.all) off-color, off-colour - in violation of good taste even verging on the indecent; "an indelicate remark"; "an off-color joke"
- indelicate(a = adj.all) indecorous - lacking propriety and good taste in manners and conduct; "indecorous behavior"
- indelicate(s = adj.all) Array - verging on the indecent; "an indelicate proposition"
CIDE DICTIONARY
Indelicate, a. [Pref. in- not + delicate: cf. F. indélicat.].
Not delicate; wanting delicacy; offensive to good manners, or to purity of mind; coarse; rude; as, an indelicate word or suggestion; indelicate behavior.
Syn. -- Indecorous; unbecoming; unseemly; rude; coarse; broad; impolite; gross; indecent; offensive; improper; unchaste; impure; unrefined.
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Indelicate, adj.
1 coarse, unrefined.
2 tactless.
3 tending to indecency.
1 coarse, unrefined.
2 tactless.
3 tending to indecency.
Derivative
indelicacy n. (pl. -ies). indelicately adv.
THESAURUS
Indelicate
callow, chintzy, crude, improper, in bad taste, inappropriate, indecent, indecorous, indiscreet, inelegant, lewd, malodorous, offensive, rough, rude, tasteless, unbecoming, unbeseeming, uncouth, undecorous, undignified, unfitting, ungenteel, ungodly, unseemly, unsuitable, untasteful, untoward, vulgar, wantonROGET THESAURUS
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Impurity
N impurity, uncleanness, immodesty, grossness, indelicacy, indecency, impudicity, obscenity, ribaldry, Fescennine, smut, bawdry, double entente, equivoque, concupiscence, lust, carnality, flesh, salacity, pruriency, lechery, lasciviency, lubricity, Sadism, sapphism, incontinence, intrigue, faux pas, amour, amourette, gallantry, debauchery, libertinish, libertinage, fornication, liaison, wenching, venery, dissipation, seduction, defloration, defilement, abuse, violation, rape, incest, prostitution, social evil, harlotry, stupration, whoredom, concubinage, cuckoldom, adultery, advoutry, crim, con, free love, seraglio, harem, brothel, bagnio, stew, bawdyhouse, cat house, lupanar, house of ill fame, bordel, bordello, impure, unclean, not to be mentioned to ears polite, immodest, shameless, indecorous, indelicate, indecent, Fescennine, loose, risque, coarse, gross, broad, free, equivocal, smutty, fulsome, ribald, obscene, bawdy, pornographic, concupiscent, prurient, lickerish, rampant, lustful, carnal, carnal-minded, lewd, lascivious, lecherous, libidinous, erotic, ruttish, salacious, Paphian, voluptuous, goatish, must, musty, unchaste, light, wanton, licentious, debauched, dissolute, of loose character, of easy virtue, frail, gay, riggish, incontinent, meretricious, rakish, gallant, dissipated, no better than she should be, on the town, on the streets, on the pave, on the loose, adulterous, incestuous, bestial.
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