[1705–15; in-3 + delicacy]This word is first recorded in the period 1705–15. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: salon, shellac, tie-up, unconscious, zigzag
Examples of 'indelicacy' in a sentence
indelicacy
It is delicately judged and, as if to demonstrate his versatility, it is preceded by a great splurge of indelicacy.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
I couldn't believe the indelicacy and brutality of it - you look like a dead body.
The Sun (2018)
But people writing impolite comments online are rarely in delicate situations; they are merely thrilling to their own indelicacy.
The Times Literary Supplement (2012)
Synonyms of 'indelicacy'
vulgarity, obscenity, bad taste, indecency
More Synonyms of indelicacy
(noun)
Synonyms
vulgarity
a comedian famous for his vulgarity and irreverence
obscenity
He justified the use of obscenity on the grounds that it was art.
bad taste
indecency
He behaved himself toward me with ill manner, indecency and disrespect.
impropriety
She proudly recoiled from any suggestion of impropriety.
rudeness
coarseness
Forgive my coarseness in mentioning this.
crudity
I had not expected such crudity from so sophisticated a person.