Definitions for: 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"



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: coarse, crude, earthy, gross, immodest, obscene, unbecoming, uncomely, unseemly, untoward, vulgar

Antonyms: decent

See Also: dirty, improper, indecorous, indelicate

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