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taktlos — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • brash adj Overconfident and tactless, often in a way that ignores how others feel.
  • fulsome adj Offensive to good taste, tactless, overzealous, excessive.
  • tactless adj Lacking sensitivity to other people's feelings, often causing unintended offense.
  • tone deaf adjective Badly out of touch with how other people feel, so that what you say or do lands as insensitive or oblivious.

Senses

taktlos is used for these senses in English:

  • fulsome Offensive to good taste, tactless, overzealous, excessive.
  • tactless having no tact; unaware or intentionally inconsiderate of someone else's feelings
  • tone-deaf (colloquial, figurative) Insensitive and offensive as a result of not noticing the current social context.

brash — full definition

  1. adj Overconfident and tactless, often in a way that ignores how others feel.
  2. adj Bold or showy in an unsubtle, sometimes tasteless way.

fulsome — full definition

  1. adj Offensive to good taste, tactless, overzealous, excessive.
  2. adj Excessively flattering (connoting insincerity).
  3. adj Characterised or marked by fullness; abundant, copious.
  4. adj Fully developed; mature.

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