Synonyms for faux pas


Grammar : Noun
Spell : foh pah
Phonetic Transcription : foʊ ˈpɑ

Top 10 synonyms for faux pas Other synonyms for the word faux pas

Définition of faux pas

Origin :
  • 1670s, French, literally "false step."
  • noun social error
Example sentences :
  • And had I committed a faux pas in refusing to deliver up the little bag?
  • Extract from : « Against Odds » by Lawrence L. Lynch
  • Your Grace saved me a faux pas there, for Montaiglon is not what I fancied at all.
  • Extract from : « Doom Castle » by Neil Munro
  • The truth is, I executed rather a faux pas over there at Asquith.
  • Extract from : « The Celebrity, Complete » by Winston Churchill
  • They made one faux pas, and it is upon that we may—if we are careful—get the better of them.
  • Extract from : « Mademoiselle of Monte Carlo » by William Le Queux
  • Even supposing that her brother has committed some faux pas?
  • Extract from : « Of High Descent » by George Manville Fenn
  • To stumble, make a faux pas, and fall into sin was not possible, because it was not allowed.
  • Extract from : « Eyes Like the Sea » by Mr Jkai
  • Amidon passed on, now fully aware of having committed a faux pas.
  • Extract from : « Double Trouble » by Herbert Quick
  • It was not till after he had made a faux pas, that he had his female mate.
  • Extract from : « The Bickerstaff-Partridge Papers » by Jonathan Swift
  • Oh, I am quite enlisted now; although after such a faux pas as I made last night I cannot boast of my finesse.
  • Extract from : « Against Odds » by Lawrence L. Lynch
  • In a strange house it would have been simply a faux pas, but he knows us well enough, and the arrangement between us.
  • Extract from : « Gray youth » by Oliver Onions
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