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Definition of Indiscreet
1. Adjective. Lacking discretion; injudicious. "Her behavior was indiscreet at the very best"
Antonyms: Discreet
Derivative terms: Indiscreetness
Definition of Indiscreet
1. a. Not discreet; wanting in discretion.
Definition of Indiscreet
1. Adjective. Not discreet; wanting in discretion. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Indiscreet
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Indiscreet
Literary usage of Indiscreet
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Church History of Britain, from the Birth of Jesus Christ Until the Year by Thomas Fuller, James Nichols (1842)
"... will be found not so heinous as to deserve fire and faggot; seeing his
expressions are rather indiscreet, than his positions damnable. ..."
2. The History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Cæsar, to the Revolution by David Hume (1810)
"Another feature in the king's character, by helping to disgust his subjects,
conduced to the depression of the kingly name : his indiscreet and boundless ..."
3. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1869)
"Lord Grey, it will be remembered, imputed to his Irish Secretary, Mr. Littleton (Lord
Hatherton), an indiscreet and unauthorised communication to ..."
4. Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings edited by John Denison Champlin, Charles Callahan Perkins (1887)
"... Hunter's Boy (1859) ; Flower Girl, indiscreet Belles (1860) ; Beading the
Bible, Sunday, Cold and Hunger (1862) ; The Smith, He is coming ! ..."
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