Word Study
tactile agnosia |
tactile property |
tactile sensation |
tactility |
taction |
tactless
| tactlessly
| tactlessness
| tactual
| tactual exploration
| tactual sensation
tactless
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective tactless has 2 senses
- tactless(a = adj.all) untactful - lacking or showing a lack of what is fitting and considerate in dealing with others; "in the circumstances it was tactless to ask her age" Antonym: tactful
- tactless(s = adj.all) inept - revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse; "an inept remark"; "it was tactless to bring up those disagreeable" Derived form noun tactlessness1
Derived form noun tactlessness1
OXFORD DICTIONARY
tactless, adj. having or showing no tact.
Derivative
tactlessly adv. tactlessness n.
THESAURUS
tactless
abrupt, airy, awkward, blanket, bluff, blunt, boorish, brash, brusque, bungling, caddish, careless, casual, clumsy, coarse, crude, cursory, degage, discourteous, disregardant, disregardful, disrespectful, easygoing, flippant, forgetful, free and easy, gauche, general, gruff, heedless, ill-bred, impertinent, impolite, impolitic, imprudent, inconsiderate, indelicate, indifferent, indiscreet, indiscriminate, indiscriminative, inept, injudicious, insensitive, insouciant, lazy, loutish, louty, maladroit, nasty, nonjudgmental, oblivious, offensive, offhand, perfunctory, promiscuous, reckless, regardless, respectless, rough, rude, thoughtless, uncivil, uncivilized, uncouth, uncritical, uncriticizing, undemanding, undifferentiating, undiplomatic, undiscreet, undiscriminating, undiscriminative, unexacting, unfastidious, unfeminine, ungenteel, ungentle, ungentlemanly, unheedful, unheeding, unladylike, unmeticulous, unmindful, unparticular, unrefined, unselective, unsolicitous, unsophisticated, unsubtle, untactful, unthinking, unwise, vulgar, wholesale
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