About The Word Indecorous

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Indecorous

Indecorous Meaning & Definition
Indecorous Definition And Meaning

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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