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Source: gcide
Indecorous \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.

[1913 Webster]



It was useless and indecorous to attempt anything more
by mere struggle. --Burke.

Syn: Unbecoming; unseemly; unbefitting; rude; coarse;
impolite; uncivil; ill-bred.

[1913 Webster]


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Source: wn
indecorous
adj 1: lacking propriety and good taste in manners and conduct;
"indecorous behavior" [syn: {indelicate}] [ant: {decorous}]
2: 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: {indecent}, {unbecoming}, {uncomely},
{unseemly}, {untoward}]

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Source: moby thes
91 Moby Thesaurus words for "indecorous":
Doric, aberrant, abnormal, abominable, atrocious, barbaric,
barbarous, cacophonous, chintzy, clumsy, coarse, criminal, crude,
delinquent, deviant, discourteous, disgraceful, doggerel,
dysphemistic, evil, graceless, gross, hardly the thing, harsh,
ignominious, ill-mannered, illegal, 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, out-of-line,
outlandish, 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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