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Infelicity

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`felic"ity\, 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.

Infelicity Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Infelicity?

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

Synonyms | Synonyms for Infelicity:

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.

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