All faux pas synonyms
faux pas
F f noun faux pas
- blooper — A blooper is a silly mistake.
- blunder — A blunder is a stupid or careless mistake.
- botch — If you botch something that you are doing, you do it badly or clumsily.
- breach — If you breach an agreement, a law, or a promise, you break it.
- break — When an object breaks or when you break it, it suddenly separates into two or more pieces, often because it has been hit or dropped.
- bungle — If you bungle something, you fail to do it properly, because you make mistakes or are clumsy.
- flop — to fall or plump down suddenly, especially with noise; drop or turn with a sudden bump or thud (sometimes followed by down): The puppy flopped down on the couch.
- flub — a blunder.
- gaffe — a social blunder; faux pas.
- goof — to blunder; make an error, misjudgment, etc.
- hash — hashish.
- impropriety — the quality or condition of being improper; incorrectness.
- indiscretion — lack of discretion; imprudence.
- mess — a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition: The room was in a mess.
- misconduct — improper conduct; wrong behavior.
- misstep — a wrong step.
- mistake — an error in action, calculation, opinion, or judgment caused by poor reasoning, carelessness, insufficient knowledge, etc.
- offense — a violation or breaking of a social or moral rule; transgression; sin.
- oversight — an omission or error due to carelessness: My bank statement is full of oversights.
- slip — to move, flow, pass, or go smoothly or easily; glide; slide: Water slips off a smooth surface.
- solecism — a nonstandard or ungrammatical usage, as unflammable and they was.
- transgression — an act of transgressing; violation of a law, command, etc.; sin.
- indecorum — indecorous behavior or character.
- misjudgment — An act of misjudging, a mistake in judgment.
- boo-boo — A boo-boo is a silly mistake or blunder.
- foul-up — a condition of difficulty or disorder brought on by inefficiency, stupidity, etc.
- gaucherie — lack of social grace, sensitivity, or acuteness; awkwardness; crudeness; tactlessness.
- mess-up — a blunder; state of confusion; mix-up.