indelicate

Questions about indelicate

What does indelicate mean?

indelicate means "in violation of good taste even verging on the indecent". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in indelicate?

indelicate has 4 syllables: in-del-i-cate. The stress falls on "del". In IPA it is /ˌɪnˈdɛlɪkət/.

What is another word for indelicate?

Close synonyms include off-color, off-colour, indecorous. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is indelicate a common word?

indelicate is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.