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indelicate
adjective as in obscene, vulgar
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Avoid lounging attitudes, they are indelicate, except in your own private apartment.
"But no one would be indelicate enough to show a want of respect to their religious scruples," answered Harry.
There was nothing unwomanly in flowing hair, there was nothing indelicate.
He dimly comprehended, too, that her presence was an indelicate intrusion, but her intentions were so good!
Such a demand, indelicate in its simplest form, had been further aggravated by a respectful but clear ultimatum.
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On this page you'll find 80 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to indelicate, such as: indecorous, base, brash, brutish, callow, and coarse.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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