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Word | Gaffe |
Urdu Meaning | بے تکی بات, اخلاقی لغزش |
a socially awkward or tactless act / social blunder / an unintentional act or remark causing embarrassment to its originator; a blunder. / a mistake made in a social situation, | |
Usage | ⇒ He made a gaffe by marrying against social norms ⇒ His gaffe of blowing his nose at the dinner table made everyone gasp. ⇒ According to Miss Manners, to call your husband by your lover's name is worse than a mere gaffe; it is a tactical mistake. ⇒ He realized that he had committed an awful gaffe when he mispronounced her name. ⇒ an unforgivable social gaffe |
Synonyms | blunder, error, mistake, faux pas, slip, blooper, solecism, boner, howler, indiscretion, fault, boo-boo, bloomer, gaucherie, goof, impropriety, lapse, misstep, boob, botch, |
Antonyms | correction, accurateness, address, adorn, attire, beautify, boon, citation, clothe, correctness, deck, deftness, diplomacy, discretion, drape, durability, embellish, excellence, flood, garnish, |
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