adj
Meaning 1
Improper or immodest.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
indelicate
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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adj
Meaning 2
Coarse or tasteless.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Tactless or undiplomatic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adjective
Meaning 4
lacking propriety and good taste in manners and conduct
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- indecorous behavior
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: indecorous
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
verging on the indecent
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- an indelicate proposition
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
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adjective satellite
Meaning 6
in violation of good taste even verging on the indecent
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- an indelicate remark
- an off-color joke
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: off-color, off-colour
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English delicate English indelicate From in- + delicate.
Across languages
Translations
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: нетактичен (netaktičen) — Tactless or undiplomatic
- Esperanto: triviala — Tactless or undiplomatic
- Hungarian: tapintatlan — Tactless or undiplomatic
- Macedonian: нета́ктичен (netáktičen) — Tactless or undiplomatic