TACTLESSNESS Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

tactlessness

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Definition of tactlessness

as in rudeness

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Noun

The once-vaunted values of public life are now reduced to the lower standards of private life—venality, vulgarity, rudeness, incontinence, and ignorance.

— Simon Sebag Montefiore, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026
Tell her about the long, unwelcome chats, the bullying and the rudeness.

— Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 25 June 2026

Definition of rudeness

Noun

The public weighted plain disrespect – how people are treated, apart from the economics – significantly more heavily than the philosophers did.

— ESMT Berlin, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
In the millions upon millions of words written and said about this World Cup, who has shown disrespect to players from Haiti, or any other smaller nation?

— Nick Miller, New York Times, 27 July 2026

Definition of disrespect

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Any display of discourtesy is an assertion of power, and those with more power tend to be more prone to abuse it.

— Franklin Schneider, The Atlantic, 11 Dec. 2025
At least seven different civilian complaints have been lodged against the sergeant, alleging excessive force, discourtesy and abuse of authority.

— Shayla Colon, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2024

Definition of discourtesy

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CatVideoFest gathers more steam each year with Oscilloscope’s feature-length compilation of cuteness by Will Braden debuting to $586k on 255 screens.

— Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 9 Aug. 2026
There's videos of scuffles, marmots walking in snow, maintaining their burrow and just sitting there in all their glorious cuteness.

— Maddie Rhodes, USA Today, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of cuteness

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Advertisement No longer a tutorial in how to be a good man, Ted Lasso returns as, in parts, a gentle rejoinder to sexism in sports and a gift to those still shipping Roy and Keeley, but mostly a workplace comfort show about nothing in particular.

— Judy Berman, Time, 5 Aug. 2026
That his language was English and not American was the cause of ample anxiety for a linguistic nationalist like Webster, no less than my own as evidenced in my rejoinders to a bartender at the Boot Pub more than two centuries later.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 July 2026

Definition of rejoinder

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Sincerity and audacity are not opposing forces but complementary ones in this space, and for writers, retro programmers, and other film fans who came of age after midnight at the movies, Curry’s impact persists as its own kind of religion.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 26 Aug. 2026
Trades are done not with deep pockets but with prospects and audacity.

— Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026

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