Meanings
comparative indiscreeter · superlative indiscreetest
- Not discreet; lacking in discretion.
1 more example
Haz sits in the trailer for 10 hours straight, eyes trained on the patrons. If he sees the makings of a drug deal or a fight, he notifies the club’s in-house security by walkie-talkie. It amazes him how indiscreet drug dealers can be—with the bulges in their socks and their melodramatic handovers—despite the presence of security guards.
2018 February, Robert Draper, “They are Watching You—and Everything Else on the Planet: Technology and Our Increasing Demand for Security have Put Us All under Surveillance. Is Privacy Becoming just a Memory?”, in National Geographic, Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Jun 2018
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivelacking discretion; injudicious
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Italic*n̥-
- Latinin-
- Middle Englishin-
- Englishin-
- Englishdiscreet
- Englishindiscreet
Translations
Bulgarian нетактичен
- нетактичен (netaktičen)not discreet; wanting in discretion
Catalan indiscret
- indiscretnot discreet; wanting in discretion
Chinese Mandarin 不謹慎的 /不谨慎的
- 不謹慎的 /不谨慎的 (bùjǐnshènde)not discreet; wanting in discretion
Czech indiskrétní
- indiskrétnínot discreet; wanting in discretion
Danish indiskret
- indiskretnot discreet; wanting in discretion
Dutch indiscreet
- indiscreetnot discreet; wanting in discretion
Finnish harkitsematon, epähieno
- harkitsematonnot discreet; wanting in discretion
- epähienonot discreet; wanting in discretion
French indiscret
- indiscretnot discreet; wanting in discretion
German unbedachtsam, unbesonnen
- unbedachtsamnot discreet; wanting in discretion
- unbesonnennot discreet; wanting in discretion
- unüberlegtnot discreet; wanting in discretion
Greek αδιάκριτος
- αδιάκριτος (adiákritos)not discreet; wanting in discretion
Hebrew לא דיסקרטי
- לא דיסקרטי (lo diskréti)not discreet; wanting in discretion
Hungarian indiszkrét, tapintatlan
- indiszkrétnot discreet; wanting in discretion
- tapintatlannot discreet; wanting in discretion
Irish béalsceiteach
- béalsceiteachnot discreet; wanting in discretion
Italian indiscreto
- indiscretonot discreet; wanting in discretion
Japanese 軽率
- 軽率 (keisotsu)not discreet; wanting in discretion
Māori mākahi, manawarere
- mākahinot discreet; wanting in discretion
- manawarerenot discreet; wanting in discretion
Norwegian Bokmål indiskret, ublu
- indiskretnot discreet; wanting in discretion
- ublunot discreet; wanting in discretion
- nærgåendenot discreet; wanting in discretion
Polish niedyskretny
- niedyskretnynot discreet; wanting in discretion
Portuguese indiscreto, imprudente
- indiscretonot discreet; wanting in discretion
- imprudentenot discreet; wanting in discretion
Russian нескро́мный, неблагоразу́мный
- нескро́мный (neskrómnyj)not discreet; wanting in discretion
- неблагоразу́мный (neblagorazúmnyj)not discreet; wanting in discretion
Spanish indiscreto
- indiscretonot discreet; wanting in discretion
Swedish indiskret, oblyg
- indiskretnot discreet; wanting in discretion
- oblygnot discreet; wanting in discretion
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Cite this entry
indiscreet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/indiscreet
“indiscreet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/indiscreet. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “indiscreet,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/indiscreet.
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