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indiscreetness

/in-di-skreet/US // ˌɪn dɪˈskrit //UK // (ˌɪndɪˈskriːt) //

失言,失言失语,语无伦次,失言症

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : not discreet; lacking prudence, good judgment, or circumspection: an indiscreet remark.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inindiscretion
Synonyms
error错误,误差,错,差错gaffe口误,失言,错别字,失误lapse失误,失效,误时,过失miscue误区,混杂物,误判,杂项misjudgment误判,错判,错误的判断,错误判断recklessness鲁莽行事,鲁莽行为,鲁莽,罔顾后果crudeness粗鲁,粗糙度,粗俗,粗糙性excitability兴奋性,兴奋度,兴奋点,兴奋症folly愚蠢,愚蠢的行为,愚蠢的,愚弄foolishness愚蠢的行为,愚蠢行为,愚昧,愚蠢foul-up犯规,犯规了,犯错,犯规事件gaucherie喧嚣,喧闹,喧宾夺主,喧哗goof笨蛋,傻瓜,傻子,愚蠢hastiness匆忙,仓促,匆匆忙忙,匆忙行事imprudence不谨慎,轻率,不慎,不慎重ingenuousness坦诚,真诚,坦率,坦诚相待rashness轻率,轻率性,冒失,冒失鬼slip滑落,滑倒,滑移,溜slip-up纰漏,失误,差错,失手stumble趔趄,绊倒,跌跌撞撞,踉跄stupidity愚蠢的行为,愚蠢行为,愚蠢,愚昧tactlessness没有技巧,无术,不懂变通,没有技巧的人thoughtlessness粗心大意,轻率,粗心,无思想unseemliness不伦不类,不体面,不伦不类的,不雅观性bumble熊猫,大黄蜂,熊孩子,熊熊dropping the ball丢球,弃权,失败,丢球事件dumb move愚蠢的举动,愚蠢之举,愚蠢的行为,笨拙的举动faux pas走错路,走错一步,走错了一步,走错路了fool mistake愚蠢的错误,愚昧的错误,犯错,愚蠢的失误misspeak失语,错峰,错峰出行,误导naivetéscrew-up螺丝钉,纰漏,螺丝刀,搞砸了simple-mindedness思想单纯,思想简单,思想单纯性,单纯的思想slip of the tongue失言,口误,失语,语失

Examples

  • The man was filling out a form with questions, but I did not dare to ask further for fear of being indiscreet.

  • Thomsen was either being incredibly indiscreet — or she was fishing for information.

  • The media is full of stories of careers and lives laid waste by indiscreet texts, emails, and other digital communications.

  • In allegedly using his work computer, and his position, to pursue an affair, this CEO was being highly indiscreet.

  • In the course of the conversation, I made a joke—an indiscreet joke, as I am all all too typically prone to do.

  • The indiscreet interest-rate impostors even sent seductive salvos over internal email.

  • It suggested she was indiscreet, had poor judgment, and was insensitive to different groups.

  • A child soon finds out that to say "I won't" when he is bidden to do something is indiscreet as well as vulgar.

  • "I think you are very indiscreet to be out alone at three o'clock in the morning," he answered gently.

  • But Laura Belding could not put her schoolmates indiscreet actions out of her mind so easily.

  • Great injury was thus done to the Catacombs by the indiscreet devotion of those who observed this practice.

  • His presence became known to the authorities and an indiscreet declaration, “Campion Brag,” made the position more difficult.