Antonyms for indelicate

Grammar : Adj

Spell : in-del-i-kit

Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈdɛl ɪ kɪt

Definition of indelicate

Origin : 1742, "offensive to propriety," from in- (1) "not, opposite of" + delicate. Related: Indelicately.

adj obscene, vulgar

Example sentences :

Dear me, ma'am, but when nobody will know it, how can it be indelicate?
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 5 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

Of course it would be indelicate, if not unfeeling, to ask her about it.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 350, December 1844 » by Various

"You are indelicate," said she, and though she frowned her eyes laughed.
Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini

I should never have suspected you of so indelicate an imagination.
Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini

The remonstrant of 1800 said "indelicate," of 1850 "immodest," of 1900 "impractical."
Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various

It is so unfeminine and indelicate for young ladies to have appetites.
Extract from : « Eventide » by Effie Afton

It was not, however, indelicate to watch Tallis' face closely; it was expected.
Extract from : « The Highest Treason » by Randall Garrett

I would not be so indelicate as to require them on such an occasion.
Extract from : « Imaginary Conversations and Poems » by Walter Savage Landor

None of your swaggerers, and nothing at all indelicate in her motions.
Extract from : « The Works of Edgar Allan Poe » by Edgar Allan Poe

I said: “We will not go into details; the picture always seemed to me indelicate.”
Extract from : « Three Men on the Bummel » by Jerome K. Jerome

Synonyms for indelicate

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