About The Word Indecent

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Indecent

Indecent Meaning & Definition
Indecent Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Indecent?

[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"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Indecent: coarse | crude | earthy | gross | immodest | obscene | unbecoming | uncomely | unseemly | untoward | vulgar

Related Terms | Find terms related to Indecent: besmirched | blue | chintzy | coarse | debauched | defiled | degenerate | dirty | distasteful | filthy | foul | gross | ill-mannered | immodest | improper | impure | in bad taste | inappropriate | indecorous | indelicate | indiscreet | inelegant | ithyphallic | lascivious | lewd | licentious | lubricious | lubricous | maculate | malodorous | nasty | obscene | offensive | outrageous | pornographic | prurient | rank | raunchy | repellent | repulsive | ridiculous | risque | rude | salacious | scatological | shameful | shameless | smirched | smutty | soiled | suggestive | sullied | tainted | tasteless | unbecoming | unbeseeming | unchaste | unclean | undecorous | undignified | unfit | unfitting | ungenteel | ungodly | unseemly | unsuitable | untasteful | untoward | unvirginal | unvirtuous | vile | vulgar

See Also | dirty | improper | indecorous | indelicate

Indecent In Webster's Dictionary

\In*de"cent\, a. [L. indecens unseemly, unbecoming: cf. F. ind['e]cent. See {In-} not, and {Decent}.] Not decent; unfit to be seen or heard; offensive to modesty and delicacy; as, indecent language. --Cowper. Syn: Unbecoming; indecorous; indelicate; unseemly; immodest; gross; shameful; impure; improper; obscene; filthy.

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