indelicate

3 definitions found

indelicate - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Indelicate \In*del"i*cate\, a. [Pref. in- not + delicate: cf. F.
     ind['e]licat.]
     Not delicate; wanting delicacy; offensive to good manners, or
     to purity of mind; coarse; rude; as, an indelicate word or
     suggestion; indelicate behavior. --Macaulay. --
     In*del"i*cate*ly, adv.
  
     Syn: Indecorous; unbecoming; unseemly; rude; coarse; broad;
          impolite; gross; indecent; offensive; improper;
          unchaste; impure; unrefined.
          [1913 Webster]

indelicate - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  indelicate
      adj 1: in violation of good taste even verging on the indecent;
             "an indelicate remark"; "an off-color joke" [syn:
             indelicate, off-color, off-colour]
      2: lacking propriety and good taste in manners and conduct;
         "indecorous behavior" [syn: indecorous, indelicate] [ant:
         decorous]
      3: verging on the indecent; "an indelicate proposition"

indelicate - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  30 Moby Thesaurus words for "indelicate":
     callow, chintzy, crude, improper, in bad taste, inappropriate,
     indecent, indecorous, indiscreet, inelegant, lewd, malodorous,
     offensive, rough, rude, tasteless, unbecoming, unbeseeming,
     uncouth, undecorous, undignified, unfitting, ungenteel, ungodly,
     unseemly, unsuitable, untasteful, untoward, vulgar, wanton