'Tactless' definitions:
Definition of 'tactless'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Lacking or showing a lack of what is fitting and considerate in dealing with others; "in the circumstances it was tactless to ask her age" [syn: tactless, untactful] [ant: tactful]
adjective
Revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse; "an inept remark"; "it was tactless to bring up those disagreeable" [syn: inept, tactless]
Definition of 'Tactless'
From: GCIDE
- Tactless \Tact"less\, a. Destitute of tact. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'tactless'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abrupt,
- airy,
- awkward,
- blanket,
- bluff,
- blunt,
- boorish,
- brash,
- brusque,
- bungling,
- caddish,
- careless,
- casual,
- clumsy,
- coarse,
- crude,
- cursory,
- degage,
- discourteous,
- disregardant,
- disregardful,
- disrespectful,
- easygoing,
- flippant,
- forgetful,
- free and easy,
- gauche,
- general,
- gruff,
- heedless,
- ill-bred,
- impertinent,
- impolite,
- impolitic,
- imprudent,
- inconsiderate,
- indelicate,
- indifferent,
- indiscreet,
- indiscriminate,
- indiscriminative,
- inept,
- injudicious,
- insensitive,
- insouciant,
- lazy,
- loutish,
- louty,
- maladroit,
- nasty,
- nonjudgmental,
- oblivious,
- offensive,
- offhand,
- perfunctory,
- promiscuous,
- reckless,
- regardless,
- respectless,
- rough,
- rude,
- thoughtless,
- uncivil,
- uncivilized,
- uncouth,
- uncritical,
- uncriticizing,
- undemanding,
- undifferentiating,
- undiplomatic,
- undiscreet,
- undiscriminating,
- undiscriminative,
- unexacting,
- unfastidious,
- unfeminine,
- ungenteel,
- ungentle,
- ungentlemanly,
- unheedful,
- unheeding,
- unladylike,
- unmeticulous,
- unmindful,
- unparticular,
- unrefined,
- unselective,
- unsolicitous,
- unsophisticated,
- unsubtle,
- untactful,
- unthinking,
- unwise,
- vulgar,
- wholesale