Indecorous
[ɪn'dek(ə)rəs] or [ɪn'dɛkərəs]
Definition
(adj.) lacking propriety and good taste in manners and conduct; 'indecorous behavior' .
Checker: Olga--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Not decorous; violating good manners; contrary to good breeding or etiquette; unbecoming; improper; out of place; as, indecorous conduct.
Typed by Keller
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Indecent, unbecoming, improper, unseemly, gross, rude, coarse, uncivil, impolite.
Typed by Ellie
Definition
adj. not becoming; violating good manners.—adv. Indecō′rously.—ns. Indecō′rousness Indecō′rum want of propriety of conduct: a breach of decorum.
Typist: Nelda
Examples
- The whole indecorous threadbare ruin, from the broken shoes to the prematurely-grey scanty hair, grovelled. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- It was very wrong; very indecorous. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- A crash, a cry, and a laugh from Laurie, accompanied by the indecorous exclamation, Jupiter Ammon! Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The words are to the last degree indecorous. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
Typist: Nelda