adjective
- offensive to a sense of generally accepted propriety, modesty, or decency; improper, unrefined, or coarse: indelicate language.
- not delicate; lacking delicacy; rough.
adjective
- coarse, crude, or rough
- offensive, embarrassing, or tasteless
1742, “offensive to propriety,” from in- (1) “not, opposite of” + delicate. Related: Indelicately.