indelicate
[in-del-i-kit]
adjective
offensive to a sense of generally accepted propriety, modesty, or decency; improper, unrefined, or coarse: indelicate language.
not delicate; lacking delicacy; rough.
Origin of indelicate
Synonyms for indelicate
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indecorous, base, brash, callow, coarse, crude, earthy, embarrassing, immodest, improper, indecent, lewd, low, off-color, offensive, outrageous, rude, suggestive, tasteless, unbecomingExamples from the Web for indelicate
Historical Examples of indelicate
Dear me, ma'am, but when nobody will know it, how can it be indelicate?
Tales And Novels, Volume 5 (of 10)Maria Edgeworth
Of course it would be indelicate, if not unfeeling, to ask her about it.
"You are indelicate," said she, and though she frowned her eyes laughed.
ScaramoucheRafael Sabatini
I should never have suspected you of so indelicate an imagination.
ScaramoucheRafael Sabatini
The remonstrant of 1800 said "indelicate," of 1850 "immodest," of 1900 "impractical."
indelicate
adjective
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