indecent

[ in-dee-suhnt ]

adjective

1. offending against generally accepted standards of propriety or good taste; improper; vulgar:

   indecent jokes; indecent language; indecent behavior.

   Synonyms: licentious, lewd, filthy, obscene, gross, rude, outrageous, coarse, indelicate, indecorous, immodest, distasteful

2. not decent; unbecoming or unseemly:

   indecent haste.

   Synonyms: inappropriate

   Antonyms: becoming, appropriate

indecent

/ ɪnˈdiːsənt /

adjective

1. offensive to standards of decency, esp in sexual matters
2. unseemly or improper (esp in the phrase indecent haste )

Derived Forms

• inˈdecently, adverb

Other Words From

• in·decent·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of indecent¹

First recorded in 1555–65; from Latin indecent- (stem of indecēns ) “unseemly.” See in- ³, decent

Synonym Study

See improper.

Related Words

• filthy
• immoral
• improper
• lewd
• obscene
• off-color
• outrageous
• ridiculous
• salacious
• shocking
• tasteless
• unbecoming
• unseemly
• vile