About The Word Infelicity

Bay Area Crosswords

Learn about the word Infelicity to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Infelicity definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.

Infelicity

Infelicity Meaning & Definition
Infelicity Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Infelicity?

[n] inappropriate and unpleasing manner or style esp of expression

Synonyms | Synonyms for Infelicity:

Related Terms | Find terms related to Infelicity: abnormality | aching heart | agony | agony of mind | anguish | anomaly | antiphrasis | bad taste | bale | barbarism | barbarousness | bitterness | bleeding heart | bombasticness | broken heart | cacology | cacophony | cheerlessness | clumsiness | coarseness | corruption | crudeness | crushing | cumbrousness | depression | depth of misery | desolation | despair | discontent | displeasure | dysphemism | extremity | futility | Gothicism | gracelessness | grief | grimness | grossness | harshness | heartache | heaviness | heavy heart | humorlessness | ill-balanced sentences | impoliticalness | impoliticness | impropriety | impurity | inadmissibility | inadvisability | inapplicability | inappositeness | inappropriateness | inaptitude | inaptness | inauspiciousness | inconcinnity | incongruity | inconvenience | inconveniency | incorrectness | indecorousness | inelegance | inelegancy | ineptitude | inexpedience | inexpediency | infestivity | inopportuneness | inopportunity | intempestivity | interruption | intrusion | irrelevance | irrelevancy | joylessness | lack of finish | lack of polish | lateness | leadenness | maladjustment | malapropism | melancholia | melancholy | mesalliance | mirthlessness | misalliance | misconstruction | misery | misjoinder | misjoining | mismatch | missaying | misusage | pompousness | ponderousness | poor diction | prematurity | prostration | roughness | rudeness | sadness | sesquipedalianism | sesquipedality | slipshod construction | solecism | stiltedness | suicidal despair | tastelessness | turgidity | uncheerfulness | uncongeniality | uncouthness | undesirability | uneuphoniousness | unfavorableness | unfitness | unfittingness | unfortunateness | ungracefulness | ungrammaticism | unhappiness | unjoyfulness | unmeetness | unmirthfulness | unprofitability | unprofitableness | unpropitiousness | unrefinement | unripeness | unseasonableness | unseemliness | unsuitability | untimeliness | unwieldiness | unwiseness | uselessness | vulgarism | vulgarity | woe | worthlessness | wretchedness | wrongness

See Also | inappropriateness

Infelicity In Webster's Dictionary

\In`fe*lic"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Infelicities}. [L. infelicitas: cf. F. inf['e]licit['e]. See {In-} not, and {Felicity}.] 1. The state or quality of being infelicitous; unhappiness; misery; wretchedness; misfortune; want of suitableness or appropriateness. --I. Watts. Whatever is the ignorance and infelicity of the present state, we were made wise and happy. --Glanvill. 2. That (as an act, word, expression, etc.) which is infelicitous; as, infelicities of speech.

More Crossword Puzzle Words

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Cross Word Of The Day

  • Load-shedding ‐ cutting off the electric current on certain lines when the demand…
  • Hydrokinetic ‐ relating to fluids in motion or the forces that produce or affect…
  • Partial ‐ being or affecting only a part; not total; "a partial description…
  • Profanely ‐ in an irreverent or profane manner; "he kept wondering profanely…
  • Tanzanian ‐ a native or inhabitant of Tanzania [adj] of or relating to the…
  • Antipodean ‐ relating to the antipodes or situated at opposite sides of the…
  • Single-rotor helicopter ‐ a helicopter having a…
  • Nobble ‐ disable by drugging, as of a race horse [v] of people [v] make…
  • Keaton ‐ United States comedian and actor in silent films noted for his…
  • Idealization ‐ a portrayal of something as ideal; "the idealization of rural…