tactless

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English tact

Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der.

Proto-Germanic *leusaną

Proto-Germanic *lausaz

Proto-Germanic *-lausaz

Proto-West Germanic *-laus

Old English -lēas

Middle English -les

English -less

English tactless

From tact + -less.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈtæktləs/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -æktləs

Adjective

tactless (comparative more tactless, superlative most tactless)

1. having no tact; unaware or intentionally inconsiderate of someone else's feelings

   It was tactless of you not to attend your sister's wedding.

Synonyms

• untactful

Antonyms

• tactful

Derived terms

• tactlessly
• tactlessness

Related terms

• tact

Translations

without tact

• Afrikaans: taktloos
• Catalan: indiscret
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不知分寸的 (bùzhīfēncùn de)

• Czech: netaktní
• Danish: taktløs
• Dutch: tactloos (nl)
• Finnish: tahditon (fi)
• German: taktlos (de)
• Hungarian: tapintatlan (hu)
• Ingrian: nenätöin
• Irish: místuama
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: taktløs

• Portuguese: seco (pt)
• Russian: нетакти́чный (ru) (netaktíčnyj), беста́ктный (ru) (bestáktnyj)
• Spanish: indiscreto (es), poco delicado, desatinado (es), falto de tacto, poco diplomático, sin gracia, de poco tacto, con poco tacto, tener poco tacto (verb), sin tacto, sin mucho tacto, no tener mucho tacto (verb)

Anagrams

• castlets