unseemliness
Lack of decorum
Unseemliness is the quality of being inappropriate or unbecoming—behavior or appearance that violates standards of propriety or good taste.
The word suggests a breach of decorum rather than serious wrongdoing: the unseemliness of laughing at a funeral, the unseemliness of their public quarrel.
It carries an old-fashioned, slightly formal tone.
Lack of suitability
- indecorumViolation of accepted standards
- indelicacyWant of propriety
- unbecomingnessInappropriateness of conduct
- indecencyOffensive or vulgar behavior
unsuitability · tactlessness · gaucheness · bad form · poor taste · misconduct · misbehavior · unprofessionalism
Extreme offensiveness or absurdity
- scandalousnessQuality of causing outrage
- shockingnessQuality of causing alarm
- distastefulCausing moral revulsion
- disrespectLack of regard
affront · insult · impropriety · indignity · transgression · breach
Rough or vulgar quality
- crudenessLack of sophistication
- crassnessTactless, unrefined behavior
- grossnessRepugnant or crude quality
- indelicacyWant of propriety
lewdness · obscenity · profanity · ribaldry · bawdiness · raunchiness · smuttiness · foulness
Lack of polish
- gracelessnessLack of smooth movement
- clumsinessLack of physical grace
- ungainlinessLack of physical grace
- maladroitnessLack of skill or coordination
gawkiness · stiffness · discomfort · embarrassment · self-consciousness · gaucheness · fumbling · ineptitude
inappropriateness
Lack of suitability
- indecorumViolation of accepted standards
- indelicacyWant of propriety
- unbecomingnessInappropriateness of conduct
indecency · unsuitability · tactlessness · gaucheness · bad form · poor taste · misconduct · misbehavior · unprofessionalism · indiscretion
outrageousness
Extreme offensiveness or absurdity
- scandalousnessQuality of causing outrage
- shockingnessQuality of causing alarm
- distastefulCausing moral revulsion
disrespect · affront · insult · impropriety · indignity · transgression · breach
coarseness
Rough or vulgar quality
- crudenessLack of sophistication
- crassnessTactless, unrefined behavior
- grossnessRepugnant or crude quality
indelicacy · lewdness · obscenity · profanity · ribaldry · bawdiness · raunchiness · smuttiness · foulness · tawdriness
inelegance
Lack of polish
- gracelessnessLack of smooth movement
- clumsinessLack of physical grace
- ungainlinessLack of physical grace
maladroitness · gawkiness · stiffness · discomfort · embarrassment · self-consciousness · gaucheness · fumbling · ineptitude
- gracelessnessclumsiness, awkwardness, boorishness, rudeness, vulgarity
unseemlinesspropriety
Correctness of conduct
seemliness · decorum · decency · decorousness · graciousness
unseemlinessappropriateness
Quality of being suitable
suitability · seemliness · suitableness · fitness · fittingness