faux pas

Definitions

An embarrassing or tactless blunder.

Equivalents

Examples

“Now my dear Lady Teazle if you but once make⟳ a trifling Faux Pas you can't conceive how cautious you would grow⟳, and how ready to humour and agree⟳ with your Husband.”

“A saint after repentance will forgive⟳ himself for a sin; a man about town will never forgive⟳ himself for a faux pas.”

“He was also prone to faux pas, none as memorable as his 2014 secret escapade from the Élysée. He was captured in full-faced helmet on the back of a motor scooter on his way to meet⟳ his mistress, the actress Julie Gayet, who is now his wife.”

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