Definitions for: Indelicate

[adj] verging on the indecent; "an indelicate proposition"
[adj] lacking propriety and good taste in manners and conduct; "indecorous behavior"
[adj] in violation of good taste even verging on the indecent; "an indelicate remark"; "an off-color joke"

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: in poor taste(p), indecent, indecorous, off-color, off-colour, tasteless

Antonyms: decorous

See Also: improper

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