tactlessness

noun

Definition of tactlessnessnext
as in rudeness

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tactlessness
  1. rudeness
  2. disrespect
  3. discourtesy
  4. nonsense
  5. rejoinder
  6. audacity
  7. guff
  8. retort
Noun
  • For more info: Colonial Williamsburg Take a virtual tour COMMENTARY: Taking a kinder, gentler tone against the rudeness of politics Civility has been absent from much of this presidential campaign.
    David Morgan, CBS News, 1 Nov. 2024
  • But the rudeness in question didn't occur at that event.
    Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 26 Oct. 2024
Definition of rudeness
Noun
  • The problem isn’t just the vehicle, but the fundamental disrespect.
    Blair Braverman, Outside Online, 18 Nov. 2024
  • Experiencing disrespect, being overlooked, and feeling undervalued.
    Kevin Kruse, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
Definition of disrespect
Noun
  • Henderson then accused her of discourtesy and ordered her transferred to the 73rd Precinct then back to the 79th Precinct in one day.
    Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 16 July 2024
  • The increase was spread nearly evenly across four broad categories — misuse of force, abuse of authority, discourtesy and offensive language.
    Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 11 Jan. 2024
Definition of discourtesy
Noun
  • There is no nonsense in Ron Norsworthy’s gaze or tone.
    Essence, Essence, 5 Nov. 2024
  • And yeah, some of the items on his list are utter nonsense.
    Eric Miquelon, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of nonsense
Noun
  • And on top of that, the movie felt like a cruel rejoinder to anyone who’d ever believed that the once-red-hot Shyamalan could right the ship.
    Will Leitch, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2024
  • When critics warn about Trump’s threat, the constant rejoinder is that democracy already survived four years of Trump in office.
    Zack Beauchamp, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Definition of rejoinder
Noun
  • My phone has the audacity to text me when news has happened, which is so bold.
    Josef Adalian, Vulture, 13 Sep. 2024
  • That chaos is calibrated for maximum audacity thanks to visual effects supervisor Dan Sturm’s prudently incorporated CGI, which doesn’t skimp on the wow factor and is further amped up by composer Cody Fry’s cacophonous, rambunctious score.
    Michael Rechtshaffen, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Sep. 2024
Definition of audacity
Noun
  • In recent years, Portland has become a byword for fashionable left-wing guff, including the notion that crime and homelessness are little more than voluntary social constructs that are better fought with kind words and substantial welfare spending than with the assiduous enforcement of the law.
    The Editors, National Review, 23 May 2024
  • No longer was the genre considered all-singing, all-dancing guff beloved by American philistines, but something of emotional and intellectual merit.
    Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 14 Sep. 2023
Definition of guff
Noun
  • And is there a word for the opposite type of person, besides the obvious rude retorts?
    Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 18 Nov. 2024
  • As in Louisiana rapper Boosie Badazz’s 2010 first-degree-murder trial, the portrayal of Thug lyrics as timely confessions and statements of intent fell apart after ferocious retort, protecting the rhetorical agency of art and artist under great duress.
    Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of retort
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