He committed a gaffe when he asked whether she was pregnant.
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Gaffe
/ɡæf/
Synonyms for "gaffe" (47 found)
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Related words (23)
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5 entriesembarrassing remarkfaux pasinsensitive remarkpolicy misstatementsocial misstep
Collocations
6 entriesgaffe apologymajor gaffemedia gaffeminor gaffepolitical gaffepublic gaffe
Inflections
1 entriesSample sentences
4 total sentences available.
What a gaffe!
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Tom made a gaffe.
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make a gaffe
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