Meaning of INDECOROUS
| Pronunciation: | | in'dekurus
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- [adj] lacking propriety and good taste in manners and conduct; "indecorous behavior"
- [adj] 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"
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| | Synonyms: | | indelicate, unbecoming, uncomely, unseemly, untoward |
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| | Antonyms: | | decorous | | |
| | See Also: | | improper, indecent | |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
It was useless and indecorous to attempt anything more
by mere struggle. --Burke.
Syn: Unbecoming; unseemly; unbefitting; rude; coarse;
impolite; uncivil; ill-bred.
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| | Related Terms: | | 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, illegal, ill-mannered, 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, outlandish, out-of-line, 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 |
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