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All faux pas synonyms

faux pas
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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.
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