Indecent \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.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
indecent
adj 1: 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" [syn: indecorous, unbecoming,
uncomely, unseemly, untoward]
2: offensive to good taste especially in sexual matters; "an
earthy but not indecent story"; "an indecent gesture"
[ant: decent]
3: offending against sexual mores in conduct or appearance; "a
bathing suit considered indecent by local standards"
WordNet (r) 2.0
72 Moby Thesaurus words for "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, vulgar
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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