1. (n.) The state or quality of being infelicitous; unhappiness; misery; wretchedness; misfortune; want of suitableness or appropriateness.

2. (n.) That (as an act, word, expression, etc.) which is infelicitous; as, infelicities of speech.

Gothicism abnormality aching heart agony agony of mind anguish anomaly antiphrasis bad taste bale barbarism barbarousness bitterness bleeding heart bombasticness broken heart cacology cacophony cheerlessness clumsiness coarseness corruption crudeness crushing cumbrousness depression depth of misery desolation despair discontent displeasure dysphemism extremity futility gracelessness grief grimness grossness harshness heartache heaviness heavy heart humorlessness ill-balanced sentences impoliticalness impoliticness impropriety impurity inadmissibility inadvisability inapplicability inappositeness inappropriateness inaptitude inaptness inauspiciousness inconcinnity incongruity inconvenience inconveniency incorrectness indecorousness inelegance inelegancy ineptitude inexpedience inexpediency infestivity inopportuneness inopportunity intempestivity interruption intrusion irrelevance irrelevancy joylessness lack of finish lack of polish lateness leadenness maladjustment malapropism melancholia melancholy mesalliance mirthlessness misalliance misconstruction misery misjoinder misjoining mismatch missaying misusage pompousness ponderousness poor diction prematurity prostration roughness rudeness sadness sesquipedalianism sesquipedality slipshod construction solecism stiltedness suicidal despair tastelessness turgidity uncheerfulness uncongeniality uncouthness undesirability uneuphoniousness unfavorableness unfitness unfittingness unfortunateness ungracefulness ungrammaticism unhappiness unjoyfulness unmeetness unmirthfulness unprofitability unprofitableness unpropitiousness unrefinement unripeness unseasonableness unseemliness unsuitability untimeliness unwieldiness unwiseness uselessness vulgarism vulgarity woe worthlessness wretchedness wrongness