indelicacy | Definition of indelicacy

Synonyms and Antonyms of indelicacy

the quality or state of lacking refinement or good taste

the indelicacy of their dinner conversation made the other guests wince in embarrassment

Synonyms of indelicacy

coarseness, commonness, crassness, crudeness, crudity, grossness, indelicateness, lowness, raffishness, rawness, roughness, rudeness, tastelessness, vulgarity

Words Related to indelicacy

boorishness, brutishness, churlishness, clownishness, loutishness, rowdiness, rusticity, uncouthness

artlessness, gracelessness, inelegance, unsophistication

insensitiveness, insensitivity, thoughtlessness

kitsch, tackiness

Near Antonyms of indelicacy

courtliness, urbanity

elegance, grace, graciousness

consideration, sensitivity, thoughtfulness

Antonyms of indelicacy

cultivation, genteelness, gentility, polish, refinement, tastefulness