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
coarseness, crudeness, vulgarity
immodesty, naughtiness
imprudence, indiscreetness, indiscretion
churlishness, discourteousness, disrespect, impertinence, impoliteness, impudence, incivility, inconsiderateness, inconsideration, insolence, rudeness, ungraciousness
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
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
3
the quality or state of being unsuitable or unfitting
- I see no impropriety in referring to certain anatomical parts by their standard names
extraneousness, inadequacy, inadequateness, inadmissibility, inapplicability, irrelevance, meaninglessness, pointlessness, senselessness
inauspiciousness, inexpedience, inexpediency, intolerability, undesirability, undesirableness, unsatisfactoriness, uselessness
unbecomingness
appositeness, appropriateness, aptness, correctness, felicitousness, felicity, fitness, fittingness, properness, propriety, rightness, seemliness, suitability, suitableness
