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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. in violation of good taste even verging on the indecent;
- Example: "an indelicate remark"
- Example: "an off-color joke"
[syn: indelicate, off-color, off-colour]

2. lacking propriety and good taste in manners and conduct;
- Example: "indecorous behavior"
[syn: indecorous, indelicate]

3. verging on the indecent;
- Example: "an indelicate proposition"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Indelicate \In*del"i*cate\, a. [Pref. in- not + delicate: cf. F. ind['e]licat.] Not delicate; wanting delicacy; offensive to good manners, or to purity of mind; coarse; rude; as, an indelicate word or suggestion; indelicate behavior. --Macaulay. -- In*del"i*cate*ly, adv. Syn: Indecorous; unbecoming; unseemly; rude; coarse; broad; impolite; gross; indecent; offensive; improper; unchaste; impure; unrefined. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

indelicate adj 1: in violation of good taste even verging on the indecent; "an indelicate remark"; "an off-color joke" [syn: indelicate, off-color, off-colour] 2: lacking propriety and good taste in manners and conduct; "indecorous behavior" [syn: indecorous, indelicate] [ant: decorous] 3: verging on the indecent; "an indelicate proposition"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

30 Moby Thesaurus words for "indelicate": callow, chintzy, crude, improper, in bad taste, inappropriate, indecent, indecorous, indiscreet, inelegant, lewd, malodorous, offensive, rough, rude, tasteless, unbecoming, unbeseeming, uncouth, undecorous, undignified, unfitting, ungenteel, ungodly, unseemly, unsuitable, untasteful, untoward, vulgar, wanton