indelicacy — index impropriety, indecency, obscenity Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
indelicacy — [in del′i kə sē] n. 1. the quality of being indelicate 2. pl. indelicacies something indelicate … English World dictionary
indelicacy — indelicate ► ADJECTIVE 1) lacking sensitive understanding or tact. 2) slightly indecent. DERIVATIVES indelicacy noun indelicately adverb … English terms dictionary
indelicacy — noun Date: 1712 1. the quality or state of being indelicate 2. something that is indelicate … New Collegiate Dictionary
indelicacy — /in del i keuh see/, n., pl. indelicacies for 2. 1. the quality or condition of being indelicate. 2. something indelicate, as language or behavior. [1705 15; IN 3 + DELICACY] * * * … Universalium
indelicacy — noun a) The condition of being indelicate b) An indelicate act or statement … Wiktionary
indelicacy — Synonyms and related words: Babbittry, bad taste, boorishness, bourgeois taste, camp, campiness, churlishness, coarseness, crudeness, grossness, high camp, immodesty, impoliteness, impropriety, inappropriateness, incivility, indecency,… … Moby Thesaurus
indelicacy — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. impertinence, immodesty, impropriety; see indecency 2 , rudeness . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun An improper act or statement: impropriety, indecency, indecorum. See USUAL … English dictionary for students
indelicacy — in·del·i·ca·cy || ɪn delɪkÉ™sɪ n. lack of delicacy; insensitivity; offensiveness, rudeness, tactlessness … English contemporary dictionary
indelicacy — n. 1. Want of delicacy, lack of refined feeling, rudeness, intrusiveness, want of regard for the delicacy of others. 2. Indecorum, unseemliness, impropriety, offensiveness, coarseness, grossness, vulgarity. 3. Immodesty, indecency, lewdness,… … New dictionary of synonyms
