'Indecent' definitions:
Definition of 'indecent'
(from WordNet)
adjective
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: indecent, indecorous, unbecoming, uncomely, unseemly, untoward]
adjective
Offensive to good taste especially in sexual matters; "an earthy but not indecent story"; "an indecent gesture" [ant: decent]
adjective
Offending against sexual mores in conduct or appearance; "a bathing suit considered indecent by local standards"
Definition of 'Indecent'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Synonyms of 'indecent'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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