indelicacy
noun[C and U]
uk/ɪnˈdel.ɪ.kə.si/us/ɪnˈdel.ə.kə.si/thefactthat words oractionsare notsuitablefor asituationand arelikelyto beoffensive, or words oractionsthat are like this:
（言行失当）的场合；（言语或行为）的不适当、无礼He hadactedwithgreatindelicacy.他的行为非常粗鲁。
Tomentiontheirfinancialproblemswould have been an indelicacy.提及他们的财务问题是不恰当的。
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indelicate
- A fewcommentatorshad the indelicacy tonotethe minister’slackofmilitaryexperience.
- He can befrankto thepointof indelicacy.
- There were a few indelicacies in the writing.
Rude and cheeky
- cheekily
- cheekiness
- churlish
- churlishly
- churlishness
- coarse
- coarsely
- discourteous
- fruity
- gall
- impudent
- offensiveness
- potty mouth
- potty-mouthed
- presume
- presumptuously
- presumptuousness
- ripe
- temerity
- unrepeatable