English to English
indelicate
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adjective (a)
- lacking propriety and good taste in manners and conduct(adj.all)source: wordnet30
- Not delicate; wanting delicacy; offensive to good manners, or to purity of mind; coarse; rude; as, an indelicate word or suggestion; indelicate behavior.(adjective)source: webster1913
adjective satellite (s)
- in violation of good taste even verging on the indecent(adj.all)Example:
An indelicate remark.
source: wordnet30 - verging on the indecent(adj.all)Example:
An indelicate proposition.
source: wordnet30