Antonyms for indelicate


Grammar : Adj
Spell : in-del-i-kit
Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈdɛl ɪ kɪt


Definition of indelicate

Origin :
  • 1742, "offensive to propriety," from in- (1) "not, opposite of" + delicate. Related: Indelicately.
  • adj obscene, vulgar
Example sentences :
  • Dear me, ma'am, but when nobody will know it, how can it be indelicate?
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 5 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • Of course it would be indelicate, if not unfeeling, to ask her about it.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 350, December 1844 » by Various
  • "You are indelicate," said she, and though she frowned her eyes laughed.
  • Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini
  • I should never have suspected you of so indelicate an imagination.
  • Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini
  • The remonstrant of 1800 said "indelicate," of 1850 "immodest," of 1900 "impractical."
  • Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various
  • It is so unfeminine and indelicate for young ladies to have appetites.
  • Extract from : « Eventide » by Effie Afton
  • It was not, however, indelicate to watch Tallis' face closely; it was expected.
  • Extract from : « The Highest Treason » by Randall Garrett
  • I would not be so indelicate as to require them on such an occasion.
  • Extract from : « Imaginary Conversations and Poems » by Walter Savage Landor
  • None of your swaggerers, and nothing at all indelicate in her motions.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Edgar Allan Poe » by Edgar Allan Poe
  • I said: “We will not go into details; the picture always seemed to me indelicate.”
  • Extract from : « Three Men on the Bummel » by Jerome K. Jerome

Synonyms for indelicate

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