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Indelicate Common

Origin: Latin suffix -ate

Indelicate has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

in violation of good taste even verging on the indecent

"an indelicate remark"

"an off-color joke"

2

lacking propriety and good taste in manners and conduct

"indecorous behavior"

3

verging on the indecent

"an indelicate proposition"

4

Improper or immodest.

Example Sentences
"an indelicate remark" adjective
"an off-color joke" adjective
"indecorous behavior" adjective
"an indelicate proposition" adjective
Related Terms
Antonyms
decorous
Rhyming Words
ate bate late gate kate date wate cate rate nate oate sate tate jate hate mate fate yate agate skate
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