- indelicateness
- noun see indelicate
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
indelicateness
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indelicateness — See indelicately. * * * … Universalium
indelicateness — n. state of being indelicate; offensiveness, vulgarity; crudeness, unrefined quality; impropriety, tastelessness … English contemporary dictionary
indelicateness — in·del·i·cate·ness … English syllables
indelicateness — noun see indelicate … Useful english dictionary
indelicate — adjective Date: 1742 not delicate: a. (1) lacking in or offending against propriety ; improper (2) verging on the indecent ; coarse b. marked by a lack of feeling for the sensibilities of others ; tactless Synonyms: see indecorous • indelicate … New Collegiate Dictionary
indelicate — indelicately, adv. indelicateness, n. /in del i kit/, adj. 1. offensive to a sense of generally accepted propriety, modesty, or decency; improper, unrefined, or coarse: indelicate language. 2. not delicate; lacking delicacy; rough. [1735 45; IN 3 … Universalium
raciness — rac·i·ness || reɪsɪnɪs n. indelicateness, state of being risque; liveliness, vigorousness … English contemporary dictionary
grossness — n 1., completeness, totality, absoluteness, unqualifiedness, unmitigatedness; rankness, sheerness, arrantness, outrightness, downrightness. 2. flagrancy, blatancy, glaringness, obviousness, manifestness, plainness; outrageousness, reprehen… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
indiscretion — n 1. imprudence, improvidence, injudiciousness, impolicy, inexpediency; hastiness, rashness, brashness, recklessness, temerity, impulsiveness, impetuosity, audacity; folly, foolishness, foolhardiness; heedlessness, carelessness, unwariness,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
rusticity — n 1. ruralism, agrarianism, agricultural ism; pastoralism, pastorality, bucolicism, provincialism, provinciality. 2. plainness, simplicity, modesty, unspoiledness, unpretentiousness, unaffectedness, normality, normalcy, informality;… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
