Indecent

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Indecent \In*de"cent\, a. [L. indecens unseemly, unbecoming: cf.
     F. ind['e]cent. 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.
          [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  indecent
       adj 1: 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: {indecorous}, {unbecoming},
               {uncomely}, {unseemly}, {untoward}]
       2: offensive to good taste especially in sexual matters; "an
          earthy but not indecent story"; "an indecent gesture"
          [ant: {decent}]
       3: offending against sexual mores in conduct or appearance; "a
          bathing suit considered indecent by local standards"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  72 Moby Thesaurus words for "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