Indelicacy and Profanity

Indelicacy

Indelicacy noun - The quality or state of lacking refinement or good taste.

Profanity and indelicacy are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Profanity" instead a noun "Indelicacy".

Nearby Words: indelicate, indelicately

Profanity

Profanity noun - The quality or state of being obscene.
Usage example: once notorious for its profanity, that 1950s best seller will strike today's readers as lamentably tame

Indelicacy and profanity are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Indelicacy" instead a noun "Profanity".

Nearby Words: profane, profanation, profanely

How words are described

extreme extreme indelicacy extreme profanity
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