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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | impropriety |
| Synonyms: | barbarism, blunder, faux pas, gaffe, gaucherie, goof, immodesty, impudence, incongruity, incorrectness, indecency, indelicacy, inelegance, rudeness, slip*, solecism, unseemliness, unsuitability, vulgarism, vulgarity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | blooper |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | blunder |
| Synonyms: | boner, boo-boo, bungle, error, faux pas, fluff, gaffe, impropriety, indecorum, lapse, mistake, slip, solecism, trip* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | faux pas |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | social error |
| Synonyms: | blooper, blooper, blunder, blunder in etiquette, boo-boo, botch, breach, break, bungle, colossal blunder, error, flop, flub, foul-up, gaffe, gaffe, gaucherie, goof, hash, impropriety, indecorum, indiscretion, mess, mess-up, misconduct, misjudgment, misstep, mistake, offense, oversight, slip, social blunder, solecism, transgression |
| Main Entry: | gaffe |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mistake, goof |
| Synonyms: | blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, faux pas*, howler, impropriety, indecorum, indiscretion, putting foot in mouth, slip*, solecism |
| Notes: | a gaff is an iron hook with a handle used for landing large fish, while a gaffe is a socially awkward or tactless error |
| Antonyms: | correction |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | impropriety |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bad taste, mistake |
| Synonyms: | barbarism, blunder, faux pas, gaffe, gaucherie, goof, immodesty, impudence, incongruity, incorrectness, indecency, indecorum, inelegance, rudeness, slip*, solecism, unseemliness, unsuitability, vulgarism, vulgarity |
| Antonyms: | correctness, propriety, suitability, tastefulness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | indecency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | obscenity, vulgarity |
| Synonyms: | bawdiness, coarseness, crudity, drunkenness, evil, foulness, grossness, immodesty, impropriety, impurity, incivility, indecorum, indelicacy, lewdness, licentiousness, offense, outrageousness, pornography, ribaldry, smuttiness, unseemliness, vileness |
| Antonyms: | chastity, cleanness, decency, modesty, purity, virtue |
| Main Entry: | improperness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | impropriety |
| Synonyms: | barbarism, blunder, faux pas, gaffe, gaucherie, goof, immodesty, impudence, inappropriateness, incongruity, incorrectness, indecency, indecorum, inelegance, rudeness, slip*, solecism, unbecomingness, unfitness, unseemliness, unsuitability, unsuitableness, vulgarism, vulgarity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | impudency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | impudence |
| Synonyms: | assumption, audaciousness, audacity, barbarism, blunder, boldness, brashness, brazenness, cheek, cheekiness, chutzpah, discourtesy, disrespect, effrontery, face, familiarity, faux pas, forwardness, gaffe, gall, gaucherie, goof, immodesty, impertinence, incivility, incongruity, incorrectness, indecency, indecorum, inelegance, insolence, nerve, nerviness, overconfidence, pertness, presumptuousness, pushiness, rudeness, sassiness, sauciness, slip*, solecism, unseemliness, unsuitability, vulgarism, vulgarity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | inappropriateness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | impropriety |
| Synonyms: | barbarism, blunder, faux pas, gaffe, gaucherie, goof, immodesty, improperness, impudence, incongruity, incorrectness, indecency, indecorum, inelegance, rudeness, slip*, solecism, unbecomingness, unfitness, unseemliness, unsuitability, unsuitableness, vulgarism, vulgarity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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