About The Word Impropriety

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Impropriety

Impropriety Meaning & Definition
Impropriety Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Impropriety?

[n] an act of undue intimacy
[n] an indecent or improper act
[n] an improper demeanor

Synonyms | Synonyms for Impropriety: familiarity | improperness | indecency | indecorum | liberty

Related Terms | Find terms related to Impropriety: aberrance | aberrancy | abnormality | anomaly | atrocity | Babbittry | bad taste | badness | barbarism | barbarousness | blunder | bombasticness | bourgeois taste | breach | cacology | cacophony | camp | campiness | clumsiness | coarseness | colloquialism | corruption | crime | crime against humanity | criminality | crudeness | cumbrousness | deadly sin | delinquency | dereliction | deviance | deviancy | discourtesy | disentitlement | disorder | disorderliness | disorderly conduct | disruption | disruptiveness | dysphemism | empty claim | empty title | enormity | erroneousness | error | evil | excess | failure | false claim | falseness | falsity | fault | faux pas | felony | frowned-upon behavior | gaffe | gaucherie | genocide | Gothicism | gracelessness | grossness | guilty act | harshness | heaviness | heavy sin | high camp | hooliganism | horseplay | ill-balanced sentences | illegality | immodesty | immorality | imprecision | improperness | impurity | inaccuracy | inaccurateness | inadmissibility | inapplicability | inappositeness | inappropriateness | inaptitude | inaptness | inauspiciousness | incompatibility | inconcinnity | incongruity | incongruousness | inconvenience | incorrectness | indecency | indecorousness | indecorum | indelicacy | indiscreetness | indiscretion | inelegance | inelegancy | inequitableness | inequity | inexactitude | inexactness | inexpedience | inexpiable sin | infelicity | infraction | iniquitousness | iniquity | injury | injustice | inopportuneness | inopportunity | intempestivity | interruption | intrusion | invalid claim | irregularity | irrelevance | irrelevancy | kitsch | lack of claim | lack of finish | lack of polish | lapse | lasciviousness | lateness | leadenness | lewdness | localism | low camp | maladjustment | malefaction | malfeasance | malum | mesalliance | minor wrong | misalliance | misbehavior | misconduct | misdeed | misdemeanor | misdoing | misfeasance | misjoinder | misjoining | mismatch | mistake | mortal sin | naughtiness | no claim | nonfeasance | nonsanctioned behavior | offense | omission | outrage | peccadillo | peccancy | philistinism | pompousness | ponderousness | poor diction | poor taste | pop | pop culture | prematurity | roughhouse | roughness | rowdiness | rowdyism | rudeness | ruffianism | sesquipedalianism | sesquipedality | sin | sin of commission | sin of omission | sinful act | sinfulness | slang | slip | slipshod construction | stiltedness | suggestiveness | taboo word | tastelessness | tort | transgression | trespass | trip | turgidity | unaestheticism | unaestheticness | unbecomingness | unchastity | uncongeniality | uncouthness | undeservedness | undeservingness | undueness | unentitledness | uneuphoniousness | unfavorableness | unfitness | unfittingness | unfortunateness | ungracefulness | unjustness | unlawfulness | unmeetness | unmeritedness | unpropitiousness | unrefinement | unrighteousness | unripeness | unseasonableness | unseemliness | unsuitability | unsuitableness | untimeliness | unutterable sin | unwieldiness | vandalism | venial sin | vice | violation | vulgar taste | vulgarism | vulgarity | vulgarness | wickedness | wrong | wrongdoing | wrongfulness | wrongness

See Also | behavior | behaviour | conduct | demeanor | demeanour | deportment | inappropriateness | incorrectness | indecency | indecorousness | indecorum | indelicacy | misbehavior | misbehaviour | misdeed | obscenity | wrongness

Impropriety In Webster's Dictionary

\Im`pro*pri"e*ty\, n.; pl. {Improprieties}. [L. improprietas; cf. F. impropri['e]t['e]. See {Improper}.] 1. The quality of being improper; unfitness or unsuitableness to character, time place, or circumstances; as, impropriety of behavior or manners. 2. That which is improper; an unsuitable or improper act, or an inaccurate use of language. But every language has likewise its improprieties and absurdities. --Johnson. Many gross improprieties, however authorized by practice, ought to be discarded. --Swift.

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