'Indecorous' definitions:
Definition of 'indecorous'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Lacking propriety and good taste in manners and conduct; "indecorous behavior" [syn: indecorous, indelicate] [ant: decorous]
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]
Definition of 'Indecorous'
From: GCIDE
- Indecorous \In`de*co"rous\ (?; 277), a. [L. indecorous. See In- not, and Decorous.] Not decorous; violating good manners; contrary to good breeding or etiquette; unbecoming; improper; out of place; as, indecorous conduct. [1913 Webster]
- It was useless and indecorous to attempt anything more by mere struggle. --Burke.
- Syn: Unbecoming; unseemly; unbefitting; rude; coarse; impolite; uncivil; ill-bred. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'indecorous'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aberrant,
- abnormal,
- abominable,
- atrocious,
- barbaric,
- barbarous,
- cacophonous,
- chintzy,
- clumsy,
- coarse,
- criminal,
- crude,
- delinquent,
- deviant,
- discourteous,
- disgraceful,
- doggerel,
- Doric,
- dysphemistic,
- evil,
- graceless,
- gross,
- hardly the thing,
- harsh,
- ignominious,
- ill-mannered,
- illegal,
- immodest,
- impolite,
- improper,
- impure,
- in bad taste,
- inappropriate,
- inconcinnate,
- inconcinnous,
- incorrect,
- indecent,
- indelicate,
- indiscreet,
- inelegant,
- infamous,
- infelicitous,
- irregular,
- loose,
- low,
- malodorous,
- not done,
- not the thing,
- off-base,
- off-color,
- offensive,
- out-of-line,
- outlandish,
- ridiculous,
- rough,
- rude,
- sacrilegious,
- scandalous,
- shameful,
- shameless,
- sinful,
- tasteless,
- terrible,
- unbecoming,
- unbefitting,
- unbeseeming,
- uncivil,
- uncourtly,
- uncouth,
- undecorous,
- undignified,
- undue,
- uneuphonious,
- unfelicitous,
- unfit,
- unfitting,
- ungenteel,
- ungodly,
- ungraceful,
- unlawful,
- unpolished,
- unrefined,
- unrighteous,
- unseemly,
- unsuitable,
- untasteful,
- untoward,
- vulgar,
- wicked,
- wrong,
- wrongful