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INFELICITY

Dictionary entry overview: What does infelicity mean?

• INFELICITY (noun)
The noun INFELICITY has 1 sense:

1. inappropriate and unpleasing manner or style (especially manner or style of expression)

Familiarity information: INFELICITY used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• INFELICITY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Inappropriate and unpleasing manner or style (especially manner or style of expression)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("infelicity" is a kind of...):

inappropriateness; unworthiness (the quality of being not particularly suitable or befitting)

Antonym:

felicity (pleasing and appropriate manner or style (especially manner or style of expression))

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