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impropriety

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of impropriety

1 the quality or state of not being socially proper

  • the impropriety of the song that the campers sang for the visitors was embarrassing
Synonyms of impropriety

inappropriateness, incorrectness, indecency, indecorousness, indecorum, indelicateness, unbecomingness, unfitness, unseemliness, untowardness
Words Related to impropriety

coarseness, crudeness, vulgarity

immodesty, naughtiness

imprudence, indiscreetness, indiscretion

churlishness, discourteousness, disrespect, impertinence, impoliteness, impudence, incivility, inconsiderateness, inconsideration, insolence, rudeness, ungraciousness
Near Antonyms of impropriety

discretion, prudence

etiquette, form, manners, proprieties

considerateness, consideration, genteelness, gentility, graciousness, thoughtfulness
Antonyms of impropriety

appropriateness, correctness, decency, decorousness, decorum, fitness, properness, propriety, rightness, seemliness, suitability, suitableness

2 a socially improper or unsuitable act or remark

  • such improprieties as asking people how much money they make
Synonyms of impropriety

familiarity, faux pas, gaff, gaffe, indiscretion, solecism
Words Related to impropriety

blunder, error, flub, fumble, goof, lapse, miscue, misstep, mistake, oversight, slip, slipup, stumble

discourtesy, incivility, offense (or offence)

boner, howler

foul-up, muff

misapprehension, miscalculation, misconception, misjudgment, misstatement, misunderstanding
Near Antonyms of impropriety

form, manners, mores, proprieties
Antonyms of impropriety

amenity, attention, civility, courtesy, formality, gesture, pleasantry

3 the quality or state of being unsuitable or unfitting

  • I see no impropriety in referring to certain anatomical parts by their standard names
Synonyms of impropriety

improperness, inappositeness, inappropriateness, inaptness, incorrectness, infelicity, unfitness, wrongness
Words Related to impropriety

extraneousness, inadequacy, inadequateness, inadmissibility, inapplicability, irrelevance, meaninglessness, pointlessness, senselessness

inauspiciousness, inexpedience, inexpediency, intolerability, undesirability, undesirableness, unsatisfactoriness, uselessness

unbecomingness

unseasonability
Near Antonyms of impropriety

admissibility, applicability, bearing, connection, materiality, pertinence, pointedness, relevance, relevancy
Antonyms of impropriety

appositeness, appropriateness, aptness, correctness, felicitousness, felicity, fitness, fittingness, properness, propriety, rightness, seemliness, suitability, suitableness

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