Indecorum \In`de*co"rum\, n. [Pref. in- not + decorum: cf. L.
indecorous unbecoming.]
[1913 Webster]
1. Lack of decorum; impropriety of behavior; that in behavior
or manners which violates the established rules of
civility, custom, or etiquette; indecorousness.
[1913 Webster]
2. An indecorous or unbecoming action. --Young.
Syn: Indecorum is sometimes synonymous with indecency; but
indecency, more frequently than indecorum, is applied to
words or actions which refer to what nature and
propriety require to be concealed or suppressed.
Indecency is the stronger word; indecorum refers to any
transgression of etiquette or civility, especially in
public.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
indecorum
n 1: a lack of decorum [syn: indecorousness] [ant: decorum, decorum]
2: an act of undue intimacy [syn: familiarity, impropriety,
liberty]
WordNet (r) 2.0
62 Moby Thesaurus words for "indecorum":
Babbittry, aberrance, aberrancy, abnormality, bad taste, blooper,
boner, boo-boo, bourgeois taste, break, camp, campiness,
criminality, delinquency, deviance, deviancy, faux pas, gaffe,
high camp, illegality, improperness, impropriety,
inappropriateness, incorrectness, indecency, indecorousness,
indelicacy, indiscreetness, indiscretion, inelegance, inelegancy,
infraction, kitsch, low camp, philistinism, poor taste, pop,
pop culture, sinfulness, solecism, tastelessness, unaestheticism,
unaestheticness, unbecomingness, unchastity, unfitness,
unfittingness, unlawfulness, unmeetness, unrighteousness,
unseemliness, unsuitability, unsuitableness, violation,
vulgar taste, vulgarism, vulgarity, vulgarness, wickedness, wrong,
wrongfulness, wrongness
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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