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Synonyms for indelicacy

  • noun

Most common

rudeness vulgarity indecency grossness coarseness immodesty indecorum unrefinement

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Noun

rudeness, vulgarity, indecency, grossness, coarseness, immodesty, indecorum, unrefinement

Antonyms

delicacy

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Definitions

  1. n. 1

    The condition of being indelicate.

Forms

Plural
indelicacies → rudenesses, vulgarities, indecencies, grossnesses…

Example sentences

  • rudeness We cannot put up with their rudeness any longer.
  • vulgarity I don't mind your smoking, but I mind your vulgarity.
  • indecency He was thrown out of the restaurant for public indecency.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
indelicacysteady
rudenessrising
vulgaritysteady
indecencyrising
grossnesssteady
coarsenessfalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

8 letters
rudeness2
9 letters
vulgarity4, indecency4, grossness, immodesty, indecorum
10 letters
coarseness
12 letters
unrefinement

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (rudeness2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
indélicatesse
Italiano
indelicatezza