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The trouble with most comedians who try to do satire is that they are essentially brash, noisy and indelicate people who have to use a sledge hammer to smash a butterfly.
Imogene Coca

Meaning of "indelicate" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF INDELICATE

indelicate  [ɪnˈdɛlɪkɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INDELICATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Indelicate is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES INDELICATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

indelicate

Morality

Morality is the differentiation of intentions, decisions, and actions between those that are "good" and those that are "bad". Morality can be a body of standards or principles derived from a code of conduct from a particular philosophy, religion, culture, etc., or it can derive from a standard that a person believes should be universal. Morality may also be specifically synonymous with "goodness" or "rightness." Immorality is the active opposition to morality, while amorality is variously defined as an unawareness of, indifference toward, or disbelief in any set of moral standards or principles. Moral philosophy includes moral ontology, or the origin of morals, as well as moral epistemology, or what we know about morals. Different systems of expressing morality have been proposed, including deontological ethical systems which adhere to a set of established rules, and normative ethical systems which consider the merits of actions themselves. An example of normative ethical philosophy is the Golden Rule which states that, "One should treat others as one would like others to treat oneself."...

Definition of indelicate in the English dictionary

The definition of indelicate in the dictionary is coarse, crude, or rough. Other definition of indelicate is offensive, embarrassing, or tasteless.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INDELICATE


aluminosilicate
əˌluːmɪnəʊˈsɪlɪkɪt
borosilicate
ˌbɔːrəʊˈsɪlɪkɪt
certificate
səˈtɪfɪkɪt
clicket
ˈklɪkɪt
conduplicate
kɒnˈdjuːplɪkɪt
cricket
ˈkrɪkɪt
delicate
ˈdɛlɪkɪt
duplicate
ˈdjuːplɪkɪt
induplicate
ɪnˈdjuːplɪkɪt
intricate
ˈɪntrɪkɪt
octuplicate
ɒkˈtjuːplɪkɪt
picket
ˈpɪkɪt
quadruplicate
kwɒˈdruːplɪkɪt
quintuplicate
kwɪnˈtjuːplɪkɪt
silicate
ˈsɪlɪkɪt
syndicate
ˈsɪndɪkɪt
ticket
ˈtɪkɪt
triplicate
ˈtrɪplɪkɪt
umbilicate
ʌmˈbɪlɪkɪt
wicket
ˈwɪkɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INDELICATE

indefinite pronoun
indefinitely
indefiniteness
indehiscence
indehiscent
indelibility
indelible
indelibleness
indelibly
indelicacy
indelicately
indelicateness
indemnification
indemnified
indemnifier
indemnifies
indemnify
indemnities
indemnity
indemnity clause

WORDS THAT END LIKE INDELICATE

abdicate
applicate
authenticate
birth certificate
clearance certificate
communicate
complicate
death certificate
dedicate
domesticate
eradicate
fabricate
implicate
in triplicate
indicate
intoxicate
locate
lubricate
predicate
replicate
silver certificate

Synonyms and antonyms of indelicate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «INDELICATE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «indelicate» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of indelicate

Translation of «indelicate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INDELICATE

Find out the translation of indelicate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of indelicate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «indelicate» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

不文雅
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

indelicate
570 millions of speakers

English

indelicate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

असभ्य
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

غير محتشم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

неделикатным
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

indelicado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্থূল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

indélicat
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Beracun
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

unfein
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

下品な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

천한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Indelicate
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

không lịch sự
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நாணம் கெட்ட
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अविवेकी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kaba
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

indelicato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nietaktowny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

неделікатним
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

nedelicat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

απρεπής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

grof
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ogrannlaga
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

indelicate
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of indelicate

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INDELICATE»

The term «indelicate» is regularly used and occupies the 79.653 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INDELICATE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about indelicate

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2 QUOTES WITH «INDELICATE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word indelicate.
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Imogene Coca
The trouble with most comedians who try to do satire is that they are essentially brash, noisy and indelicate people who have to use a sledge hammer to smash a butterfly.
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Steven Van Zandt
First of all, just because the Tea Party people appear to be generally uneducated, ignorant about the political process, ignorant about economics, confused about their own platform from the beginning, and indelicate when it comes to the craft of diplomacy, doesn't mean they're wrong.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INDELICATE»

Discover the use of indelicate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to indelicate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Indelicate Tales
Indelicate Tales is a collection of stories by first time author Logan Douglas Booth. These are stories of horror, depression, murder, the supernatural and sometimes the simply awful.
Logan Douglas Booth, 2013
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The Making of the Modern Body: Sexuality and Society in the ...
MARY. POOVEY. "Scenes. of. an. Indelicate. Character": The. Medical. " Treatment". of. Victorian. Women. On the evening of4 November 1847, Dr. James Young Simpson, professor of midwifery at Edinburgh University, administered to himself ...
Catherine Gallagher, Thomas Walter Laqueur, 1986
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A medical Treatise; with principles and observations, to ...
Some might say that the language, or rather the subject, was indelicate (let any one try to make the language less indelicate) ; but where so much injury arises from it, it is necessary that the evil should be prevented,, however indelicate the ...
John Moodie, 1848
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Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Synonyms
incurious. indelicate. literary and most ordinary of these terms, usually implies infection or something analogous to it (catch a heavy cold) < id ,p,, HI. in point of fact, is seldom taught at all; it is caught, by contact with someone who has it— Inge) ...
Merriam-Webster, Inc, 1984
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Principles and Observations on Many and Various Subjects for ...
It would be a pity to make the Scotch forget the ancient dress of the nation and her gallant defenders, whose dress is really so elegant and so picturesque, and yet convenient, and is not considered indelicate except by those who are indelicate ...
John Moodie, 1848
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Report on the Trial in an Action for Libel in the Court of ...
The Grand Jury have found a true bill of indictment against the Reverend P. M. Cumming, late of Monagh, in the county of Monaghan, Ireland, now of No. l, Brunswick-place, of this City, for an indelicate assault upon the person of Mrs. Hayden, ...
Patrick Mathias CUMMING, 1828
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Popery not catholicism. Six lectures on infallibility. ...
Psalm, David says : " By what doeth a young man correct his way? by observing thy words;" that is, by observing thy indelicate, obscure and dangerous book. And again, v. 105 : " Thy word," that is, thy indelicate, obscure, and dangerous book, ...
Benjamin William Mathias, William Benjamin Stewart Mathias, 1851
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An Indelicate Silence
An Indelicate Silence reviews these issues for the purpose of initiating a serious dialogue between Jews and Christian leaders about interfaith marriage.
Joseph Edelheit, 2010
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Billboard
THREE. INDELICATE. LADIES. SHUBERT THEATER, NEW HAVEN, CONN. A mystery-comedy by Hugh Evans. Directed by Jessie Royce Landis. Setting and lighting, Stewart Ciianey. Gowns, Robert Lanza, Production associate, Thomas ...
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Uneven Developments: The Ideological Work of Gender in ...
CHAPTER. TWO. Scenes. of. an. Indelicate. Character: The. Medical. Treatment. of. Victorian. Women. I. On The Evening Of 4 November 1847, Dr. James Young Simpson, professor of midwifery at Edinburgh University, administered to himself  ...
Mary Poovey, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INDELICATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term indelicate is used in the context of the following news items.
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The motherhood trap - New Statesman
(Loughton has three children, although it would be indelicate of me to note that his contribution to “producing” them involved less physical ... «New Statesman, Jul 15»
2
Wanted: A plan for more pipelines, less greenhouse gases
... ventures to mention the word “pipelines” only three times, as if “infrastructure” and “transportation” were more polite, less indelicate terms. «The Globe and Mail, Jul 15»
3
Tales Of The Industry - Big Apple Anime Fest
Unfortunately, he posed this in a hilariously indelicate way: “I CARE about stuff blowing up if it happened in Japan, but Iraq? Nobody even ... «Anime News Network, Jul 15»
4
'Suicide Squad' Comic-Con Trailer Has Been Officially, Passive …
WB may have displayed a small amount of stinging resentment at the bootleggers (a more indelicate person would say “butthurt”), and that may ... «Crave Online, Jul 15»
5
The metamorphosis of Nelson Piquet Jr
In some respects, Nelson Piquet Jr's indelicate ejection from Formula One was the best thing that could have happened to him – although like ... «The Roar, Jul 15»
6
Editorial: Indelicate Trump on the side of the voters
I didn't catch the whole Q&A session with former Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer on the radio, but what I heard was predictable enough. In response ... «Kdminer, Jul 15»
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COMMENTARY: Can a mistress be held liable under the law?
... sends text messages to the wife to taunt her about the affair, or uses the Internet to harass the wife through indelicate messages or comments ... «GMA News, Jul 15»
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Efforts to sanitize our past are an attack on history
I humbly submit “glazerize,” a verb meaning “to purge (a public place) by removing historical names now considered to be indelicate, offensive ... «Sacramento Bee, Jul 15»
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'The Art of Forgery,' by Noah Charney
... million, including a wiry Giacometti sculpture for $141 million and an indelicate “Women of Algiers (Version 'O'),” by Picasso for $179 million. «Washington Post, Jul 15»
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Dave Chappelle review – an outrageous white-knuckle ride
He takes that energy and hurls it right back at us, too, with a scorchingly indelicate opening routine about Bill Cosby and rape, at which point ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»

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