- 1. a. Not word/delicate">delicate; word/wanting">wanting delicacy; offensive to good manners, or to purity of mind; coarse; rude; as, an indelicate word or suggestion; indelicate behavior. Source: opted
- 2. adj. in violation of good taste even verging on the indecent Source: wordnet
- 3. adj. lacking propriety and good taste in manners and conduct Source: wordnet
- 4. adj. verging on the indecent Source: wordnet
- 5. Not word/delicate">delicate; word/wanting">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. Source: webster
- 6. Not word/delicate">delicate; word/wanting">wanting delicacy; offensive to good manners, orto purity of mind; coarse; rude; as, an indelicate word orsuggestion; indelicate behavior. Macaulay.-- In*del"i*cate*ly, adv. Source: adambom
- 7. j:100 s. in violation of good taste even verging on the indecent s. verging on the indecent Source: ecdict
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