impropriety
81indelicacy — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. impertinence, immodesty, impropriety; see indecency 2 , rudeness . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun An improper act or statement: impropriety, indecency, indecorum. See USUAL …
82Undueness — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Absence of right. < N PARAG:Undueness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 undueness undueness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 malum prohibitum malum prohibitum Sgm: N 1 impropriety impropriety Sgm: N 1 illegality illegality &c. 964 G …
83inconvenience — {{11}}inconvenience (n.) c.1400, harm, damage, danger, also a harmful incident, misfortune, affliction, from O.Fr. inconvenience misfortune, calamity; impropriety (Mod.Fr. inconvenance), from L.L. inconvenientia lack of consistency, incongruity,… …
84indecorum — n. 1. Indecorousness, indecency, impropriety, grossness, rudeness, incivility, impoliteness, violation of propriety, ill breeding, ill manners, want of decorum, impropriety of behavior. 2. Act of indecorum, breach of decorum, breach of propriety …
85solecism — n. 1. Impropriety (in the use of language), error, mistake, blunder, incongruity, barbarism. 2. Impropriety, absurdity, breach of form …
86decorum — noun 1) he had acted with decorum Syn: propriety, seemliness, decency, good taste, correctness; politeness, courtesy, good manners; dignity, respectability, modesty, demureness Ant: impropriety 2) …
87scandal — n 1. misdoing, evildoing, wrongdoing, transgression, malefaction, violation, crime, sin, offense, atrocity, delinquency, dereliction, disgraceful action, outrageous or flagrant misconduct or misbehavior, evil behavior, blameworthy action;… …
88propriety — [n1] suitableness, appropriateness accordance, advisability, agreeableness, appositeness, aptness, becomingness, compatibility, concord, congruity, consonance, convenience, correctness, correspondence, decorum, ethicality, expedience, fitness,… …
89solecism — [säl′ə siz΄əm] n. [L soloecismus < Gr soloikismos < soloikos, speaking incorrectly, after Soloi, city in Cilicia, whose dialect was a corrupt form of Attic] 1. a violation of the conventional usage, grammar, etc. of a language;… …
90improperness — noun an improper demeanor • Syn: ↑impropriety • Ant: ↑properness, ↑propriety (for: ↑impropriety) • Derivationally related forms: ↑improper …
