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English adjective: indelicate

1. indelicate in violation of good taste even verging on the indecent


SamplesAn indelicate remark.
An off-color joke.


Synonymsoff-color, off-colour


Similartasteless


Antonymstasteful

2. indelicate lacking propriety and good taste in manners and conduct


SamplesIndecorous behavior.


Synonymsindecorous


See alsoimproper, indecent


Antonymsdecorous

3. indelicate verging on the indecent


SamplesAn indelicate proposition.


Similarindecent


Antonymsdecent









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