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- Dictionaryindelicate/ɪnˈdɛlɪkət/
adjective
- 1. having or showing a lack of sensitive understanding or tact: "forgive me asking an indelicate question, but how are you off for money?" Similar Opposite
- 2. slightly indecent: "an earthy, often indelicate sense of humour" Similar Opposite
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Indelicate means not delicate, improper, or tactless. It implies a lack of modesty, refinement, or sensitivity. See synonyms, examples, and word history of indelicate.
Indelicate means not suitable or polite for a situation and likely to offend someone. Learn how to use this word in different contexts and see synonyms and translations.
Indelicate definition: offensive to a sense of generally accepted propriety, modesty, or decency; improper, unrefined, or coarse. See examples of INDELICATE used in a sentence.
noun. indelicately (inˈdelicately) adverb. Word Frequency. indelicate in American English. (ɪnˈdɛlɪkɪt ) adjective. not delicate; coarse; crude; rough; esp., lacking, or offensive to, propriety or modesty; gross. SIMILAR WORDS: coarse, imˈproper. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Indelicate things are offensive or rude. If you tell an indelicate joke to your sweet, old-fashioned great-grandmother, it'll make her blush.
Indelicate means likely to be thought rude or embarrassing. Learn how to use this formal adjective with examples, pronunciation and synonyms from Oxford University Press.
Indelicate means likely to embarrass or shock people. Learn more about this formal adjective and see how it is used in sentences from the corpus.