All untactful synonyms
tact·ful
U u adj untactful
- butterfingered — a person who frequently drops things; clumsy person.
- gawkish — awkward; ungainly; clumsy.
- flipper — a broad, flat limb, as of a seal or whale, especially adapted for swimming.
- ham-handed — clumsy, inept, or heavy-handed: a ham-handed approach to dealing with people that hurts a lot of feelings.
- maladroit — lacking in adroitness; unskillful; awkward; bungling; tactless: to handle a diplomatic crisis in a very maladroit way.
- clownish — If you describe a person's appearance or behaviour as clownish, you mean that they look or behave rather like a clown, and often that they appear rather foolish.
- clumsy — A clumsy person moves or handles things in a careless, awkward way, often so that things are knocked over or broken.
- all thumbs — clumsy
- indelicate — offensive to a sense of generally accepted propriety, modesty, or decency; improper, unrefined, or coarse: indelicate language.
- brutish — If you describe a person or their behaviour as brutish, you think that they are brutal and uncivilised.
- lowbred — characterized by or characteristic of low or vulgar breeding; ill-bred; coarse.
- brash — If you describe someone or their behaviour as brash, you disapprove of them because you think that they are too confident and aggressive.
- lubberly — of or resembling a lubber.
adjective untactful
- misunderstanding — failure to understand correctly; mistake as to meaning or intent.