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English Dictionary: indelicate	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for indelicate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
indelicate adj in violation of good taste even verging on the indecent; "an indelicate remark"; "an off-color joke" Synonym(s): indelicate, off-color, off-colour lacking propriety and good taste in manners and conduct; "indecorous behavior" Synonym(s): indecorous, indelicate Antonym(s): decorous verging on the indecent; "an indelicate proposition"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Indelicate \Indel"icate\, a. [Pref. in- not + delicate: cf. F. ind[82]licat.] Not delicate; wanting delicacy; offensive to good manners, or to purity of mind; coarse; rude; as, an indelicate word or suggestion; indelicate behavior. --Macaulay. -- {Indel"icate*ly}, adv. Syn: Indecorous; unbecoming; unseemly; rude; coarse; broad; impolite; gross; indecent; offensive; improper; unchaste; impure; unrefined.