Faux-pas Synonyms

fō pä
A socially awkward or tactless act
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. error
  2. gaffe
  3. blunder
  4. indiscretion
  5. solecism
  6. gaucherie
  7. slip
  8. blooper
  9. botch
  10. bungle
  11. colossal blunder
  12. hash
  13. mess
  14. misstep
  15. mistake
  16. offense
  17. social blunder
  18. social error
  19. transgression

Faux-pas Sentence Examples

  • My second faux pas were my Burberry check swimming trunks.

  • A short tie is a faux pas in the business world.

  • For a bit of a chuckle we want to know what is your fashion faux pas?

  • Returning underwear is typically considered a faux pas.

  • Want all to run smoothly, with no faux pas from her mother.

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