tactlessness

noun

Definition of tactlessnessnext
as in rudeness

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  1. rudeness
  2. disrespect
  3. discourtesy
  4. nonsense
  5. rejoinder
  6. audacity
  7. guff
  8. retort
Noun
  • Many adults will think that the host’s rudeness justifies an angry response — and of course, that would vastly entertain the children.
    Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2025
  • However, sometimes that truth can come off as blunt to the point of rudeness.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
Definition of rudeness
Noun
  • There was a celebration in the building on New Year’s Eve, with some strands apparently still stuck in the rafters — no disrespect to KU.
    Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 6 Jan. 2025
  • The vast majority of females in the book are described with vulgar disrespect by the various characters and the narrator.
    Brittany Wallman, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
Definition of disrespect
Noun
  • At least seven different civilian complaints have been lodged against the sergeant, alleging excessive force, discourtesy and abuse of authority.
    Shayla Colon, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2024
  • 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
Definition of discourtesy
Noun
  • By contrast, this rising international elite is creating something very different: a society in which superstition defeats reason and logic, transparency vanishes, and the nefarious actions of political leaders are obscured behind a cloud of nonsense and distraction.
    Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2025
  • That ain't the show, the show is the nonsense that's happening in between John Wick.
    Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of nonsense
Noun
  • With a few snooty glances and snide rejoinders, Todd and Margo Chester — the Griswalds’ ultra-hip Chicago neighbors — epitomize the sort of detachment that’s too chilly for the holidays, too cold for friendship.
    Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2024
  • The ban can be seen as a rejoinder to the U.S. cracking down on China's chip-making industry, as well as an escalation in trade war saber-rattling between the two countries.
    Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
Definition of rejoinder
Noun
  • There’s only one word for it: chutzpah, an extreme level of audacity, gall or nerve.
    Steve Bousquet, Orlando Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2025
  • And today, in 2024, people have the audacity to say bitcoin wasn't hijacked.
    Billy Bambrough, Forbes, 19 Dec. 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
  • The retort there is that if the marketplace sees the position as absurd or grossly premature, the potential reputational harm to the firm might not be worth the endeavor.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Their leadership across finance, technology, media and beyond stands as a potent retort to those who question a woman’s ability to wield power.
    Maggie McGrath, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of retort
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