tastefulness
Aesthetic good judgment
Tastefulness is the quality of showing good judgment in aesthetics, manners, or social conduct.
It suggests restraint and refinement rather than excess or vulgarity: The tastefulness of the décor impressed even the critics.
The word often appears in discussions of design, entertainment, or behavior where discretion matters.
Fostering growth through care
- sophisticationCultured elegance and complexity
- cultureCollective social practices
- eleganceRefined, graceful quality
- polishSmooth by rubbing
grace · finesse · delicacy · subtlety · class · poise · dignity · worldliness
Agreement or musical blend
- balanceSteadiness or amount owed
- proportionComparative relation of parts
- compositionArranged elements forming whole
- beautyAesthetic excellence
artistry · design · form · symmetry · elegance · palette · texture · ornamentation
Reasoned decision-making capacity
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- perceptionMental interpretation of stimuli
- appreciationRecognition of worth
- sensitivityResponsiveness to stimuli
selectivity · connoisseurship · acumen · insight · nuance · palate · astuteness · perspicacity
Correctness of conduct
- appropriatenessQuality of being suitable
- tactSensitivity in speech
- discretionCareful judgment in speech
- diplomacyNegotiation between nations
courtesy · civility · politeness · mannerliness · etiquette · breeding · gentility · respectfulness
cultivation
Fostering growth through care
- sophisticationCultured elegance and complexity
- cultureCollective social practices
- eleganceRefined, graceful quality
polish · grace · finesse · delicacy · subtlety · class · poise · dignity · worldliness · cosmopolitanism
harmony
Agreement or musical blend
- balanceSteadiness or amount owed
- proportionComparative relation of parts
- compositionArranged elements forming whole
beauty · artistry · design · form · symmetry · elegance · palette · texture · ornamentation · motif
judgment
Reasoned decision-making capacity
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- perceptionMental interpretation of stimuli
- appreciationRecognition of worth
sensitivity · selectivity · connoisseurship · acumen · insight · nuance · palate · astuteness · perspicacity · shrewdness
propriety
Correctness of conduct
- appropriatenessQuality of being suitable
- tactSensitivity in speech
- discretionCareful judgment in speech
diplomacy · courtesy · civility · politeness · mannerliness · etiquette · breeding · gentility · respectfulness · consideration
- etiquettemanners, politeness, etiquette, table manners, courtesy
- refinementrefinement, elegance, sophistication, polish, cultivation
- stylestyle, stylish, chic, elegant, stylishness
- aestheticismart for art's sake, connoisseurship, decadence, fin de siecle, dandyism
- gracegracefulness, elegance, poise, finesse, fluidity
tastefulnesstastelessness
Lack of aesthetic judgment
vulgarity · garishness · tackiness · gaudiness · inelegance
tastefulnesstastelessness
Lack of aesthetic judgment
tactlessness · indelicacy · crassness · poor taste · impropriety