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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective indecent has 3 senses
- indecent(s = adj.all) indecorous, unbecoming, uncomely, unseemly, untoward - 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" Derived forms noun indecency2, noun indecency1
- indecent(a = adj.all) Array - offensive to good taste especially in sexual matters; "an earthy but not indecent story"; "an indecent gesture" Antonym: decent
- indecent(s = adj.all) Array - offending against sexual mores in conduct or appearance; "a bathing suit considered indecent by local standards" Derived forms noun indecency2, noun indecency1
Derived forms noun indecency2, noun indecency1
CIDE DICTIONARY
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.
OXFORD DICTIONARY
indecent, adj.
1 offending against recognized standards of decency.
2 unbecoming; highly unsuitable (with indecent haste).
1 offending against recognized standards of decency.
2 unbecoming; highly unsuitable (with indecent haste).
Idiom
indecent assault a sexual attack not involving rape. indecent exposure the intentional act of publicly and indecently exposing one's body, esp. the genitals.
Derivative
indecency n. (pl. -ies). indecently adv.
Etymology
F ind{eacute}cent or L indecens (as IN-(1), DECENT)
THESAURUS
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, vulgarROGET THESAURUS
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Impurity
N impurity, uncleanness, immodesty, grossness, indelicacy, indecency, impudicity, obscenity, ribaldry, Fescennine, smut, bawdry, double entente, equivoque, concupiscence, lust, carnality, flesh, salacity, pruriency, lechery, lasciviency, lubricity, Sadism, sapphism, incontinence, intrigue, faux pas, amour, amourette, gallantry, debauchery, libertinish, libertinage, fornication, liaison, wenching, venery, dissipation, seduction, defloration, defilement, abuse, violation, rape, incest, prostitution, social evil, harlotry, stupration, whoredom, concubinage, cuckoldom, adultery, advoutry, crim, con, free love, seraglio, harem, brothel, bagnio, stew, bawdyhouse, cat house, lupanar, house of ill fame, bordel, bordello, impure, unclean, not to be mentioned to ears polite, immodest, shameless, indecorous, indelicate, indecent, Fescennine, loose, risque, coarse, gross, broad, free, equivocal, smutty, fulsome, ribald, obscene, bawdy, pornographic, concupiscent, prurient, lickerish, rampant, lustful, carnal, carnal-minded, lewd, lascivious, lecherous, libidinous, erotic, ruttish, salacious, Paphian, voluptuous, goatish, must, musty, unchaste, light, wanton, licentious, debauched, dissolute, of loose character, of easy virtue, frail, gay, riggish, incontinent, meretricious, rakish, gallant, dissipated, no better than she should be, on the town, on the streets, on the pave, on the loose, adulterous, incestuous, bestial.
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