indelicacy
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noun \(ˌ)in-ˈde-li-kə-sē\Definition of INDELICACY
1
: the quality or state of being indelicate
2
: something that is indelicate
See Examples of INDELICACY
- <the indelicacy of their dinner conversation made the other guests wince in embarrassment>
First Known Use of INDELICACY
1712
Related to INDELICACY
- Synonyms
- coarseness, commonness, crassness, crudeness, crudity, grossness, vulgarity, indelicateness, lowness, raffishness, rawness, roughness, rudeness, tastelessness
- Antonyms
- cultivation, genteelness, gentility, polish, refinement, tastefulness
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