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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | corruption |
| Synonyms: | barbarism, debasement, decay, defilement, distortion, doctoring, falsification, foulness, infection, noxiousness, pollution, putrefaction, putrescence, rot, rottenness, solecism |
| 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: | slang |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | casual dialect |
| Synonyms: | argot, cant, colloquialism, informal speech, jargon, lingo, neologism, patois, patter, pidgin, shoptalk, slanguage street talk, vernacular, vulgarism, vulgarity |
| Antonyms: | standard |
| 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
| Main Entry: | indecorum |
| 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: | indelicacy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | impropriety |
| Synonyms: | barbarism, blunder, faux pas, gaffe, gaucherie, goof, immodesty, impudence, incongruity, incorrectness, indecency, indecorum, inelegance, rudeness, slip*, solecism, unseemliness, unsuitability, vulgarism, vulgarity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unbecomingness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | impropriety |
| Synonyms: | barbarism, blunder, faux pas, gaffe, gaucherie, goof, immodesty, improperness, impudence, inappropriateness, incongruity, incorrectness, indecency, indecorum, inelegance, rudeness, slip*, solecism, unfitness, unseemliness, unsuitability, unsuitableness, vulgarism, vulgarity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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