Word Study
indecent
CIDE DICTIONARY
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).
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, vulgarROGET 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.For further exploring for "indecent" in Webster Dictionary Online