Indelicacy
[ɪn'delɪkəsɪ]
Definition
(noun.) an impolite act or expression.
(noun.) the trait of being indelicate and offensive.
Edited by Erna--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The quality of being indelicate; want of delicacy, or of a nice sense of, or regard for, purity, propriety, or refinement in manners, language, etc.; rudeness; coarseness; also, that which is offensive to refined taste or purity of mind.
Edited by ELLA
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Indecency, indecorum, coarseness, grossness, rudeness, vulgarity, want of refinement.
Checker: Melva
Examples
- I felt I might, without indelicacy, because the evening she dined with us she rather suggested . Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- What could he mean by such horrible indelicacy? Jane Austen. Emma.
- She saw the indelicacy of putting himself forward as he had done, and the inconsistency of his professions with his conduct. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- It is a piece of rudeness to stare at anybody, and it is an act of indelicacy to stare at a gentleman. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- But there seems an indelicacy in directing his attentions towards her so soon after this event. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
Edited by Arnold