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INDECENT
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Offensive to good taste especially in sexual matters
Example:
an indecent gesture
Classified under:
Similar:
crude; earthy; gross; vulgar (conspicuously and tastelessly indecent)
Hollywood (flashy and vulgar)
indelicate (verging on the indecent)
obscene (designed to incite to indecency or lust)
suggestive (tending to suggest something improper or indecent)
Also:
dirty ((of behavior or especially language) characterized by obscenity or indecency)
indecorous; indelicate (lacking propriety and good taste in manners and conduct)
improper (not suitable or right or appropriate)
Antonym:
decent (conforming to conventions of sexual behavior)
Derivation:
indecency (an indecent or improper act)
indecency (the quality of being indecent)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Offending against sexual mores in conduct or appearance
Example:
a bathing suit considered indecent by local standards
Classified under:
Similar:
immodest (offending against sexual mores in conduct or appearance)
Derivation:
indecency (an indecent or improper act)
indecency (the quality of being indecent)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society
Example:
moved to curb their untoward ribaldry
Synonyms:
indecent; indecorous; unbecoming; uncomely; unseemly; untoward
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
improper (not suitable or right or appropriate)
Derivation:
indecency (an indecent or improper act)
indecency (the quality of being indecent)
