indelicate
indelicate adjective: improper or immodest.
Adjective
indelicate (comparative more indelicate, superlative most indelicate)
- Improper or immodest.
- As late as the 1950s and early 1960s, when "funk" and "funky" were used increasingly in the context of jazz music, the terms still were considered indelicate and inappropriate for use in polite company.2023 July 14, Wikipedia contributors, “Funk”, in English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation
- Coarse or tasteless.
- Tactless or undiplomatic.
- Schuetz acknowledges that he knew about the Dale Barbre murder investigation as it was reported in GCN. Yet the Barbre murder saga provided only the skeleton — if I may be forgiven the indelicate word choice — for the story they concoct.1980 December 13, Mitzel, “Dale Barbre's Murder Transformed”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 21, page 12
indelicate meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
indelicate in Tamil
- நயமற்ற, நாகரிகமற்ற, நாணங்கெட்ட
indelicate in Urdu
- بدنما, بیباک, بےحیا, بےحجاب, بےحس, بھدا
indelicate in Bengali
- অশোভন, অমার্জিত, স্থূল
indelicate in Malayalam
- അസഭ്യമായ, പ്രാകൃതമായ, ഗ്രാമ്യം, പരുഷം
More languagesFewer languages
- indelicate in Kannada
- ಒರಟಾದ, ನಯವಿಲ್ಲದ, ಅಸಂಸ್ಕೃತ, ಅಶಿಷ್ಟ
Forms of indelicate
| comparative | more indelicate |
|---|---|
| superlative | most indelicate |
Origin of indelicate
From in- + delicate.
Words formed from indelicate
Questions about indelicate
- What does indelicate mean?
- Indelicate means improper or immodest.
- What is indelicate in Tamil?
- Indelicate in Tamil is நயமற்ற, நாகரிகமற்ற, நாணங்கெட்ட. See Indelicate meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is indelicate?
- Indelicate is an adjective.
Words near indelicate in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: indelicate (page history and authors); indelicate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); indelicate (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Indelicate (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); indelicate (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); indelicate (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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