social blunder

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• error — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Deviation from truth Nouns 1. error, fallacy; falsity (see falsehood), untruth; misconception, misapprehension, misunderstanding; inexactness, inaccuracy; anachronism; misconstruction, misinterpretation …   English dictionary for students

• faux pas — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Fr. a false step; error. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. error, blunder, gaffe, indiscretion; see error 1 . See Synonym Study at error . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) n. [foh PAH] a social… …   English dictionary for students

• error — [er′ər] n. [ME & OFr errour < L error < errare: see ERR] 1. the state of believing what is untrue, incorrect, or wrong 2. a wrong belief; incorrect opinion 3. something incorrectly done through ignorance or carelessness; mistake 4. a… …   English World dictionary

• mistake — n 1. error, inaccuracy, fallacy, erratum, corrigendum, Sports. miscue; fault, flaw, human error; oversight, omission. 2. blunder, botch, bungle, fumble, flub, muff, Inf. bobble; leak, slip, slip of the tongue or pen, Inf. slipup; All Sl. pratfall …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• faux pas — noun (plural faux pas) Etymology: French, literally, false step Date: 1676 blunder; especially a social blunder …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• faux pas — /foh pah /, pl. faux pas /foh pahz /; Fr. /foh pah /. a slip or blunder in etiquette, manners, or conduct; an embarrassing social blunder or indiscretion. [1670 80; < F: lit., false step] Syn. error; impropriety. * * * …   Universalium

• gaffe — /gaf/, n. a social blunder; faux pas. [1905 10; < F: blunder, prob. special use of gaffe GAFF1] * * * …   Universalium

• contretemps — n 1.(all of an embarrassing or inopportune nature) mistake, error, blunder, botch, bungle, Inf. slip up; All Sl. boner, boo boo, goof, blooper, boggle, boot, dumb trick, fool mistake, screw up, foul up, louse up. 2.(all of an embarrassing or… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• faux pas — n 1. gaffe, social blunder or indiscretion, slip in conduct, mistake in conduct or etiquette or propriety, breach of etiquette or manners; transgression, dereliction, misconduct, misdeed; false step, wrong 400step, misstep, trip, stumble, bad… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• indecorum — n 1. impropriety, improperness, incorrectness, unseemliness, unbecomingness, inappro priateness, unsuitableness, unfittingness, indecorousness; inelegance, indelicacy, tastelessness, bad taste; impoliteness, incivility, ungentlemanliness,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• indiscretion — n 1. imprudence, improvidence, injudiciousness, impolicy, inexpediency; hastiness, rashness, brashness, recklessness, temerity, impulsiveness, impetuosity, audacity; folly, foolishness, foolhardiness; heedlessness, carelessness, unwariness,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder