indecent

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: in=de=cent
• COUNT in NET: 1 in 1 verses (in OT : 1 in 1 verses)

CIDE DICTIONARY

indecent, a. [L. indecens unseemly, unbecoming: cf. F. indécent. 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.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

indecent, adj.
1 offending against recognized standards of decency.
2 unbecoming; highly unsuitable (with indecent haste).

Idiom

indecent assault a sexual attack not involving rape. indecent exposure the intentional act of publicly and indecently exposing one's body, esp. the genitals.

Derivative

indecency n. (pl. -ies). indecently adv.

Etymology

F ind{eacute}cent or L indecens (as IN-(1), DECENT)

THESAURUS

indecent

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

ROGET THESAURUS

indecent

Impurity

N impurity, uncleanness, immodesty, grossness, indelicacy, indecency, impudicity, obscenity, ribaldry, Fescennine, smut, bawdry, double entente, equivoque, concupiscence, lust, carnality, flesh, salacity, pruriency, lechery, lasciviency, lubricity, Sadism, sapphism, incontinence, intrigue, faux pas, amour, amourette, gallantry, debauchery, libertinish, libertinage, fornication, liaison, wenching, venery, dissipation, seduction, defloration, defilement, abuse, violation, rape, incest, prostitution, social evil, harlotry, stupration, whoredom, concubinage, cuckoldom, adultery, advoutry, crim, con, free love, seraglio, harem, brothel, bagnio, stew, bawdyhouse, cat house, lupanar, house of ill fame, bordel, bordello, impure, unclean, not to be mentioned to ears polite, immodest, shameless, indecorous, indelicate, indecent, Fescennine, loose, risque, coarse, gross, broad, free, equivocal, smutty, fulsome, ribald, obscene, bawdy, pornographic, concupiscent, prurient, lickerish, rampant, lustful, carnal, carnal-minded, lewd, lascivious, lecherous, libidinous, erotic, ruttish, salacious, Paphian, voluptuous, goatish, must, musty, unchaste, light, wanton, licentious, debauched, dissolute, of loose character, of easy virtue, frail, gay, riggish, incontinent, meretricious, rakish, gallant, dissipated, no better than she should be, on the town, on the streets, on the pave, on the loose, adulterous, incestuous, bestial.