'Unseemly' definitions:
Definition of 'unseemly'
(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]
Definition of 'Unseemly'
From: GCIDE
- Unseemly \Un*seem"ly\, a. Not seemly; unbecoming; indecent. [1913 Webster]
- An unseemly outbreak of temper. --Hawthorne. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Unseemly'
From: GCIDE
- Unseemly \Un*seem"ly\, adv. In an unseemly manner. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'unseemly'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aberrant,
- abnormal,
- abominable,
- atrocious,
- awkward,
- bad,
- barbaric,
- barbarous,
- cacophonous,
- chintzy,
- clumsy,
- coarse,
- coarsely,
- crassly,
- criminal,
- crude,
- crudely,
- delinquent,
- deviant,
- discreditable,
- disgraceful,
- disreputable,
- doggerel,
- Doric,
- dysphemistic,
- evil,
- futile,
- graceless,
- gross,
- grossly,
- hardly the thing,
- harsh,
- ignominious,
- ill-adapted,
- ill-advised,
- ill-assorted,
- ill-chosen,
- ill-considered,
- ill-fitted,
- ill-matched,
- ill-sorted,
- ill-suited,
- ill-timed,
- illegal,
- impolitic,
- improper,
- improperly,
- imprudent,
- impure,
- in bad taste,
- inadmissible,
- inadvisable,
- inapplicable,
- inapposite,
- inappropriate,
- inapt,
- inauspicious,
- inconcinnate,
- inconcinnous,
- incongruous,
- inconvenient,
- incorrect,
- indecent,
- indecently,
- indecorous,
- indecorously,
- indelicate,
- indelicately,
- indiscreet,
- inelegant,
- inelegantly,
- inept,
- inexpedient,
- infamous,
- infelicitous,
- inopportune,
- irrelevant,
- lascivious,
- lewd,
- low,
- mal a propos,
- maladjusted,
- malapropos,
- malodorous,
- misjoined,
- mismatched,
- mismated,
- misplaced,
- naughty,
- not done,
- not the thing,
- obscene,
- off-base,
- off-color,
- offensive,
- offensively,
- out of character,
- out of joint,
- out of keeping,
- out of line,
- out of place,
- out of proportion,
- out of season,
- out of time,
- out of tune,
- out-of-line,
- outlandish,
- raffish,
- ribaldly,
- risque,
- rough,
- roughly,
- rowdy,
- rude,
- rudely,
- ruffianly,
- sacrilegious,
- scandalous,
- shameful,
- shameless,
- sinful,
- tasteless,
- terrible,
- unadapted,
- unapt,
- unbecoming,
- unbefitting,
- unbeseeming,
- uncalled-for,
- uncourtly,
- uncouth,
- uncouthly,
- undecorous,
- undesirable,
- undignified,
- undue,
- uneuphonious,
- unfelicitous,
- unfit,
- unfitted,
- unfitting,
- unfortunate,
- ungenteel,
- ungentlemanly,
- ungodly,
- ungraceful,
- unhappy,
- unladylike,
- unlawful,
- unmeet,
- unpolished,
- unprofitable,
- unqualified,
- unrefined,
- unrighteous,
- unseasonable,
- unsuitable,
- unsuited,
- untasteful,
- untastefully,
- untimely,
- untoward,
- unwise,
- vulgar,
- vulgarly,
- wicked,
- wrong,
- wrongful