Indecent
[ɪn'diːs(ə)nt] or [ɪn'disnt]
Definition
(adj.) offensive to good taste especially in sexual matters; 'an earthy but not indecent story'; 'an indecent gesture' .
(adj.) offending against sexual mores in conduct or appearance; 'a bathing suit considered indecent by local standards' .
(adj.) not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society; 'was buried with indecent haste'; 'indecorous behavior'; 'language unbecoming to a lady'; 'unseemly to use profanity'; 'moved to curb their untoward ribaldry' .
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Definition
(a.) Not decent; unfit to be seen or heard; offensive to modesty and delicacy; as, indecent language.
Typist: Penelope
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Indecorous, improper, unbecoming, unseemly.[2]. Indelicate, gross, immodest, impure, obscene, filthy, unchaste.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Indelicate, immodest, improper,[See BECOMING_and_INDELICATE]
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Definition
adj. offensive to common modesty: unbecoming: gross obscene.—n. Indē′cency quality of being indecent: anything violating modesty or seemliness.—adv. Indē′cently.
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Examples
- It was hurried over, to my thinking, in indecent haste. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- There was something curiously indecent, obscene, about her small, longish, dark skull, particularly when the ears showed. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- It would be indecent, no doubt, to compare either a curate or a chaplain with a journeyman in any common trade. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- I reduced it to three acts, and altered what I conceived was too coarse and indecent for an English audience. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I wish I could break you of that dreadful habit of making such indecent allusions, Harriette! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Nature does not render them necessary for the support of life; and custom nowhere renders it indecent to live without them. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- To seize upon me the very day after Mrs. Bute was gone, the old lady prattled on; it was too indecent. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- To interrupt another, even in common conversation, is reckoned highly indecent. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- If I had had breath enough, I should certainly have protested against this indecent way of speaking of an eminent philanthropic character. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
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