Antonyms for indelicate
ɪnˈdɛl ɪ kɪtin·del·i·cate

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1. indelicate

   Antonyms:
   absolute, chaste, classic, classical, clean, clear, continent, genuine, guileless, guiltless, holy, immaculate, incorrupt, innocent, mere, perfect, pure, real, sheer, simple, spotless, stainless, true, unadulterated, unblemished, uncorrupted, undefiled, unmingled, unmixed, unpolluted, unspotted, unstained, unsullied, untainted, untarnished, upright, virtuous

   Synonyms:
   adulterated, defiled, dirty, filthy, foul, gross, immodest, impure, indecent, lewd, mixed, obscene, polluted, stained, sullied, tainted, tarnished, unchaste, unclean

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1. indelicate

   Antonyms:
   nice, refined, modest, delicate

   Synonyms:
   coarse, broad, indecent

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1. indelicate, off-color, off-colouradjective

   in violation of good taste even verging on the indecent

   "an indelicate remark"; "an off-color joke"

   Antonyms:
   tasteful, decent

   Synonyms:
   bawdy, off-color, off-colour, indecorous, ribald

2. indecorous, indelicateadjective

   lacking propriety and good taste in manners and conduct

   "indecorous behavior"

   Antonyms:
   decent, tasteful

   Synonyms:
   off-colour, indecorous, untoward, unbecoming, indecent, uncomely, unseemly, off-color

3. indelicateadjective

   verging on the indecent

   "an indelicate proposition"

   Antonyms:
   decent, tasteful

   Synonyms:
   off-color, off-colour, indecorous

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1. indelicateadjective

   Synonyms:
   unrefined, indecorous, immodest, unchaste, rude, vulgar

How to use indelicate in a sentence?

1. E. M. Forster, "A Room with a View":

   Have you ever noticed that there are people who do things which are most indelicate, and yet at the same time - beautiful?

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