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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. lacking propriety and good taste in manners and conduct;
- Example: "indecorous behavior"
[syn: indecorous, indelicate]

2. 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]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

indecorous
    adj 1: lacking propriety and good taste in manners and conduct;
           "indecorous behavior" [syn: indecorous, 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, indecorous, unbecoming,
       uncomely, unseemly, untoward]