Definition for Impropriety:

• Unsuitableness to character or circumstances; an improper action or speech; an inaccuracy in language; improper fraction, a fraction whose numerator is either equal to or greater than the denominator.

Synonyms for Impropriety:

• n.

  •
  • nerve,
  • sass,
  • presumption,
  • cheek,
  • vulgarity.
  •
  • agree,
  • usual.
  •bad form (noun)
  • in elegances,
  • in decorums,
  • in decorum,
  • in elegance,
  • in-felicity,
  • in-decorums,
  • in-elegance,
  • in-elegances,
  • in-felicities,
  • in-decorum,
  • in felicities,
  • in felicity,
  • bad-form.
  •bad taste, mistake (noun)
  • impudence,
  • incongruity,
  • rudeness,
  • unsuitability,
  • faux pas,
  • gaucherie,
  • incorrectness,
  • slip,
  • solecism,
  • indecorum.
  •barbarism (noun)
  • mis-usage,
  • in humanity,
  • in humanities,
  • uncivilizednesses,
  • un civilizedness,
  • mis usage,
  • in-humanity,
  • un-civilizedness,
  • un civilizednesses,
  • vernacularities,
  • in-humanities,
  • mis-usages,
  • localisms,
  • provincialisms,
  • un-civilizednesses,
  • mis usages,
  • primitive cultures,
  • catachresises.
  •blooper (noun)
  • mis take,
  • mis-take,
  • mis takes,
  • mis-takes.
  •blunder (noun)
  • flubup,
  • flub-ups,
  • in accuracies,
  • in-accuracy,
  • in accuracy,
  • over sights,
  • in-discretion,
  • in discretion,
  • in-discretions,
  • slip ups,
  • over-sight,
  • flub up,
  • dumb moves,
  • in-accuracies,
  • flubups,
  • flub ups,
  • in discretions,
  • over sight,
  • over-sights,
  • dumb thing do.
  •disrespect (noun)
  • disrespect,
  • insolence,
  • indignity,
  • disesteem,
  • irreverence.
  •fault (noun)
  • mis cue,
  • mis deeds,
  • answerabilities,
  • mis cues,
  • mis-cues,
  • mis demeanors,
  • mis-demeanor,
  • mis-cue,
  • mis deed,
  • evil doings,
  • mis demeanor,
  • mis-deeds,
  • mis-deed,
  • loss innocence,
  • mis-demeanors.
  •faux pas (noun)
  • mess-up,
  • foul-up,
  • blunder in etiquette,
  • foulup,
  • gaucheries,
  • colossal blunder,
  • mess-ups,
  • social blunder.
  •gaffe (noun)
  • putting foot mouth.
  •grossness (noun)
  • lubricis.
  •peccadillo (noun)
  • minor infraction,
  • bad habit,
  • petty offense,
  • minor fault,
  • small sin,
  • slight transgression,
  • minor sin,
  • small infraction.
  •sexual harassment (noun)
  • unwanted sexual advance,
  • unprofessional behaviors,
  • sexual harassment,
  • suggestive comment,
  • offensive sexual advances,
  • sexual-harassment,
  • sexual pressures,
  • Sexual Abuses,
  • inappropriate behaviors.
  •solecism (noun)
  • in congruities,
  • in-congruities,
  • in congruity,
  • cacologies,
  • in-congruity.
  •state (noun)
  • impropriety.
  •un (noun)
  • error,
  • mliness.
  •unconformity (noun)
  • eccentricity,
  • divergence,
  • uncommonness,
  • nonconformity,
  • aberration,
  • aberrance,
  • irregularity,
  • oddity,
  • inconsistency,
  • difference,
  • freakishness,
  • uniqueness,
  • exception,
  • incompatibility,
  • funniness,
  • abnormality,
  • idiosyncrasy,
  • deviation,
  • singularity,
  • outlandishness,
  • strangeness,
  • unconventionality,
  • unfamiliarity,
  • anomaly,
  • curiosity,
  • derangement,
  • peculiarity,
  • quirkiness.
  •venial sin (noun)
  • minor wrongs,
  • venial-sin.
  •vice (noun)
  • debasement,
  • evildoing,
  • blackness,
  • Damnability,
  • corruption,
  • baseness,
  • criminality,
  • perversion,
  • sinfulness,
  • sadism,
  • wickedness,
  • vice,
  • degeneration,
  • immorality,
  • depravity,
  • reprehensibleness,
  • badness,
  • obnoxiousness,
  • debauchery,
  • feloniousness,
  • sinisterness,
  • perverseness,
  • sin,
  • blameworthiness,
  • iniquitousness,
  • villainousness.
  •vulgarity (noun)
  • peasantry.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • unbecomingness,
  • indiscretion,
  • effrontery,
  • incivility,
  • unsuitableness,
  • discourtesy.
  •
  • obscenity,
  • sacrilege.

Paraphrases for Impropriety:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    irregularity.

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    wrongdoing.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    inconsistency, defect, mismanagement, mistake.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    misconduct, malpractice, Maladministration, deficiency, error, flaw.

Antonyms for Impropriety:

• n.

  • bad taste, mistake
    correctness, suitability, propriety, correction, tastefulness.
  • Other antonyms:
    considerateness, graciousness, applicability, fitness, prudence, relevance, gesture, felicity, materiality, decorousness, form, manners, fittingness, discretion, formality, pertinence, felicitousness, rightness, pointedness, suitableness, courtesy, correctitude, properness, relevancy, etiquette, bearing, seemliness, thoughtfulness, appositeness, admissibility, Proprieties, connection, consideration, attention, gentility, mores, aptness, amenity, genteelness, appropriateness, pleasantry, civility.

Impropriety Sentence Examples:

• Is there any impropriety in my going about with Mrs. Dysart - under the circumstances?

• So I took no notice of the impropriety.

Hyponym for Impropriety:

• n.

  • state
    condition, status.