About The Word Indecorous
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Indecorous
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What's The Definition Of Indecorous?
[adj] lacking propriety and good taste in manners and conduct; "indecorous behavior"
[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 Indecorous: indelicate | unbecoming | uncomely | unseemly | untoward Related Terms | Find terms related to Indecorous: aberrant | abnormal | abominable | atrocious | barbaric | barbarous | cacophonous | chintzy | clumsy | coarse | criminal | crude | delinquent | deviant | discourteous | disgraceful | doggerel | Doric | dysphemistic | evil | graceless | gross | hardly the thing | harsh | ignominious | illegal | ill-mannered | immodest | impolite | improper | impure | in bad taste | inappropriate | inconcinnate | inconcinnous | incorrect | indecent | indelicate | indiscreet | inelegant | infamous | infelicitous | irregular | loose | low | malodorous | not done | not the thing | off-base | off-color | offensive | outlandish | out-of-line | ridiculous | rough | rude | sacrilegious | scandalous | shameful | shameless | sinful | tasteless | terrible | unbecoming | unbefitting | unbeseeming | uncivil | uncourtly | uncouth | undecorous | undignified | undue | uneuphonious | unfelicitous | unfit | unfitting | ungenteel | ungodly | ungraceful | unlawful | unpolished | unrefined | unrighteous | unseemly | unsuitable | untasteful | untoward | vulgar | wicked | wrong | wrongful See Also | improper | indecent Indecorous In Webster's Dictionary \In`de*co"rous\ (?; 277), a. [L. indecorous. See
{In-} not, and {Decorous}.]
Not decorous; violating good manners; contrary to good
breeding or etiquette; unbecoming; improper; out of place;
as, indecorous conduct.
It was useless and indecorous to attempt anything more
by mere struggle. --Burke.
Syn: Unbecoming; unseemly; unbefitting; rude; coarse;
impolite; uncivil; ill-bred.
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