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- Dictionaryindecent/ɪnˈdiːs(ə)nt/
adjective
- 1. not conforming with generally accepted standards of behaviour, especially in relation to sexual matters: "indecent acts" Similar Opposite
- 2. not appropriate or fitting: "they leaped on the suggestion with indecent haste" Similar
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INDECENT definition: 1. morally offensive, especially in a sexual way: 2. not suitable or correct for a situation: 3…. Learn more.
: unseemly, inappropriate. he took indecent pleasure in her troubles. indecently adverb. Synonyms. bawdy. blue. coarse. crude. dirty. filthy. foul. gross. gutter. impure. lascivious. lewd.
Indecent describes things that are not decent — the prefix -in often means “not,” like how independent means “not dependent.” Decent things are morally sound, so indecent things are offensive.
Indecent definition: offending against generally accepted standards of propriety or good taste; improper; vulgar. See examples of INDECENT used in a sentence.
If you describe something as indecent, you mean that it is shocking and offensive, usually because it relates to sex or nakedness.
adjective. /ɪnˈdiːsnt/ (disapproving) (of behaviour, talk, etc.) thought to be morally offensive, especially because it involves sex or wearing no clothes. indecent conduct/photos. He made an indecent suggestion to my wife. It is considered indecent for couples to be seen to be intimate in public. compare decent Topics Personal qualities c2.
1. Offensive to accepted standards of decency or modesty; lewd or vulgar: found the movie to be indecent. 2. Not appropriate or becoming; unseemly: bought up distressed properties with indecent enthusiasm. See Synonyms at unseemly. in·de′cent·ly adv. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
