Looking for the meaning of the word INDELICACY in English for both noun and verb forms from the Oxford Dictionary? Below, you can explore all possible meanings and definitions of INDELICACY with sentence examples. You can also use the “AUDIO PRONUNCIATION” track to check the correct pronunciation in British English.
Word: Indelicacy
Speech Type: Noun
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ɪnˈdɛlɪkəsi
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a lack of sensitive understanding or tact
Short Definition:lack of sensitive understanding or tact
Examples:- the magazine printed the photographs with manifest indelicacy for commercial ends
- diplomatic indelicacies
Definition:
the quality of being slightly indecent
Short Definition:quality of being slightly indecent
Examples:- the play's cynicism and sexual indelicacy
- such crude indelicacies
In Word Games
Scramble Word Scores
Words with Friends
✅ Available
Score: 21
SOWPODS
✅ Available
Score: 18
OTCWL
✅ Available
Score: 18
