indelicate
/ɪnˈdɛlɪkət/
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American sound/ɪnˈdɛlɪkət/
ɪnˈdɛlɪkət
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- 2nd syllable stress
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- Final e often stays silent
ɪn - ˈdɛlɪkət -> indelicate
Myanmar meaning
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indelicate / Çn'delÇkǝt / adj (fml often euph )
အကင်းမပါးသော။ ရိုင်းရာကျသော။ မျက်နှာပျက်စရာ ဖြစ်စေသော။ indelicate remarks
❍ It was indelicate of you to mention her marriage problems. indelicacy / -kǝsi / n [U, C]
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- indelicate / Çn'delÇkǝt / adj ( fml often euph ) အကင်းမပါးသော။ ရိုင်းရာကျသော။ မျက်နှာပျက်စရာ ဖြစ်စေသော။ indelicate remarks
- It was indelicate of you to mention her marriage problems. indelicacy / -kǝsi / n [U, C]
Synonyms
improper, unseemly, impolite, coarse, bad-mannered, tactless, out of place, base, brash, brutish, callow, crude, earthy, embarrassing, immodest, indecent, indecorous, lewd, low, lowbred, obscene, off-color, offensive, outrageous, risqué, rude, suggestive, tasteless, unbecoming, unblushing, uncouth, untactful, untoward, vulgar
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