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indelicacy::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | discourtesy, offence, offense, offensive activity |
indelicacy::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | improperness, impropriety |
| Has types | raciness, ribaldry, spiciness, gaminess |
Examples of indelicacy
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Your shirt sticks to you, and, pardon the indelicacy, so do your underwear.
From the charlotteobserver.com
At which point a couple of ironists in the room had the indelicacy to clap.
From the time.com
Ribaldry is humorousentertainment that ranges from bordering on indelicacy to gross indecency.
From the en.wikipedia.org
To you or to me, normal men, it is difficult to understand their horror of the most banal indelicacy.
From the economist.com
So ran the judgment of our Victorian forebears, who could not quite forgive Raphael's best pupil for his indelicacy.
From the time.com
They labored as surgeons, albeit with tremendous indelicacy, using their boat as a battering stent that kept the artery fluid.
From the post-gazette.com
Viollis acknowledges the indelicacy of their serendipitous success, and explains why he's proud of their mission to protect the 1 percent.
From the huffingtonpost.com
- The trait of being indelicate and offensive
- An impolite act or expression
- (indelicate) in violation of good taste even verging on the indecent; "an indelicate remark"; "an off-color joke"
- (indelicate) indecorous: lacking propriety and good taste in manners and conduct; "indecorous behavior"
- (indelicate) Improper or immodest; Coarse or tasteless; Tactless or undiplomatic
