indelicate

  • (s) in violation of good taste even verging on the indecent
    • an indelicate remark
    • an off-color joke
    off-color, off-colour,
  • (a) lacking propriety and good taste in manners and conduct
    • indecorous behavior
    indecorous,
  • (s) verging on the indecent
    • an indelicate proposition

Synonyms

off-color off-colour indecorous

Antonyms

decorous

See also

improper indecent

Words of close approximity

indelicacy