unseemliness

Examples

• All

• His unseemliness during the formal dinner embarrassed his friends.

• The song describes a series of daily activities that are humorously and embarrassingly haunted by bodily smells and public unseemliness.

  Academic text (2009)

• To be sure, Manetti's oppositional construct aligns with the unseemliness of brick in Florentine practice.

  Academic text (2015)

• But paying North Korea in nuclear coin, and on a grossly disproportionate scale, magnified the unseemliness of the 1994 arrangement and its harmful symbolic significance.

  Academic text (2003)

• "I would not dare console you if I could" suggests an unseemliness in the order of things which makes Yeats's famous line about Robert Gregory sharing in "that discourtesy of death" seem preeningly trivial by comparison.

  Academic text (1991)

• The unseemliness of her attire at the wedding drew disapproving glances.

Synonyms

A

awkwardness

vsunseemliness

25 4.5

A feeling of embarrassment or discomfort in social situations

is the broader idea of social inappropriateness beyond mere embarrassment

I

impropriety

vsunseemliness

• Formal

19 8.1

An action or remark that is not socially acceptable

is the overall quality of being socially inappropriate or not proper

I

impertinence

vsunseemliness

7 8.1

Rude behavior or remarks that show a lack of respect

is the wider quality of being improper, not only rude speech

I

inappropriateness

vsunseemliness

4 7.0

Not being suitable for a situation or place

applies more generally to improper conduct or appearance across situations

I

incorrectness

vsunseemliness

1 5.7

Actions that do not follow social rules or accepted ways

is the specific quality of being improper in behaviour or appearance

I

improperness

vsunseemliness

8.0

Rude behaviour that people think is not polite

is the broader idea of social inappropriateness beyond single acts

I

indecorum

vsunseemliness

• Formal

9.9

Bad behaviour that breaks common polite rules

is the wider quality of being inappropriate beyond strict manners rules

I

indecorousness

vsunseemliness

• Formal

9.9

Lack of polite behavior or good taste

is the more general social wrongness not limited to taste alone

U

unbecomingness

vsunseemliness

• Formal

9.1

The quality of being inappropriate in behavior or appearance

focuses more on general social impropriety than on mere unattractiveness

G

gaucherie

vsunseemliness

9.9

Awkward or rude behavior in social situations that makes people feel uncomfortable

is the general idea of being inappropriate rather than only tactless

G

gaucheness

vsunseemliness

8.6

Awkward behaviour that shows little social skill

is about being inappropriate in a broader moral or social sense

U

ungraciousness

vsunseemliness

8.1

Being rude and not polite to other people

is broader, covering many types of improper social behaviour

U

unmannerly behavior

vsunseemliness

5.8

Rude actions that show a lack of politeness

is the overall state of being inappropriate beyond mere bad manners

U

uncouthness

vsunseemliness

8.7

Behavior that is rude and shows bad manners in social situations

is the more general label for socially improper conduct or appearance

U

unrespectability

vsunseemliness

8.6

A bad reputation that makes people think someone is dishonest or shameful

is about being improper in behaviour or appearance rather than only reputation

Antonyms

S

seemliness

• Formal

8.9

Good behaviour that follows social rules and shows respect for others

How Appropriate

propriety

• Formal

27 7.4

decorum

• Formal

30 7.3

impropriety

• Formal

16 8.0

unseemliness

8.6

indecency

• NSFW

12 6.3

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology