indelicate

indelicate is a 10-letter English word with 4 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Not delicate; wanting delicacy; offensive to good manners, or to purity of mind; coarse; rude; as, an indelicate word or suggestion; indelicate behavior. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 16 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Not delicate; wanting delicacy; offensive to good manners, or to purity of mind; coarse; rude; as, an indelicate word or suggestion; indelicate behavior.
2. adjective. verging on the indecent

   "an indelicate proposition"

3. adjective. lacking propriety and good taste in manners and conduct

   "indecorous behavior"

   Synonyms: indecorous

4. adjective. in violation of good taste even verging on the indecent

   "an indelicate remark"

   "an off-color joke"

Synonyms

indecorous

Common word forms

indelicately, indelicateness

Words from these letters

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