indecent

  • 11Indecent — Indecent, lat. deutsch, unschicklich; Indecenz, Unschicklichkeit …

    Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • 12indecent — unseemly, indelicate, improper, indecorous, unbecoming Analogous words: obscene, ribald, *coarse, gross, vulgar: lewd, lascivious, iicentious: immoral: *offensive, revolting, repulsive, repugnant, loathsome Antonyms: decent Contrasted words:… …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 13indecent — [adj] obscene, vulgar; offensive blue*, coarse, crude, dirty*, filthy, foul, foulmouthed, gross*, ill bred, immodest, immoral, improper, impure, in bad taste, indecorous, indelicate, lewd, licentious, malodorous, off color*, outrageous,… …

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  • 14indecent — Indecent, Indecens …

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  • 15indecent — Offensive to common propriety; offending against modesty or delicacy; grossly vulgar; obscene; lewd; unseemly; unbecoming; indecorous; unfit to be seen or heard. See obscene @ indecent assault The act of a male person taking indecent liberties… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 16indecent — Offensive to common propriety; offending against modesty or delicacy; grossly vulgar; obscene; lewd; unseemly; unbecoming; indecorous; unfit to be seen or heard. See obscene @ indecent assault The act of a male person taking indecent liberties… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 17indecent — indecently, adv. /in dee seuhnt/, adj. 1. offending against generally accepted standards of propriety or good taste; improper; vulgar: indecent jokes; indecent language; indecent behavior. 2. not decent; unbecoming or unseemly: indecent haste.… …

    Universalium

  • 18indecent — adj. VERBS ▪ be, seem ▪ consider sth, regard sth as (BrE), think sth (esp. BrE) ▪ photographs that are considered indecent ADVERB …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 19indecent — adjective Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French indécent, from Latin indecent , indecens, from in + decent , decens decent Date: circa 1587 not decent: as a. grossly improper or offensive < indecent language > b. unseemly,&#8230; …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 20indecent — adj. indecent to + inf. (it was indecent of him to do that) * * * [ɪn diːs(ə)nt] indecent to + inf. (it was indecent of him to do that) …

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