| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Lacking in delicacy or refinement: barbarian, barbaric, boorish, churlish, coarse, crass, crude, gross, ill-bred, philistine, rough, rude, tasteless, uncivilized, uncouth, uncultivated, uncultured, unpolished, unrefined, vulgar. See COURTESY, SMOOTH. 2. Not in keeping with conventional mores: immodest, improper, indecent, indecorous, naughty, unbecoming, unbefitting, unseemly, untoward. Idioms: out of line. See USUAL. 3. Lacking sensitivity and skill in dealing with others: brash, clumsy, gauche, impolitic, maladroit, tactless, undiplomatic, unpolitic, untactful. See ABILITY, COURTESY.
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