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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society;
- Example: "was buried with indecent haste"
- Example: "indecorous behavior"
- Example: "language unbecoming to a lady"
- Example: "unseemly to use profanity"
- Example: "moved to curb their untoward ribaldry"
[syn: indecent, indecorous, unbecoming, uncomely, unseemly, untoward]

2. offensive to good taste especially in sexual matters;
- Example: "an earthy but not indecent story"
- Example: "an indecent gesture"

3. offending against sexual mores in conduct or appearance;
- Example: "a bathing suit considered indecent by local standards"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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: indecent, 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"