Meanings
comparative more indecent · superlative most indecent
- Offensive to good taste.
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Synonyms: distasteful, in bad taste, in poor taste, offensive, earthy
- criminal lawGenerally unacceptable for public broadcasting but not legally obscene.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveOffensive to good taste.
adjectiveNot in keeping with conventional moral values; improper, immodest, or unseemly.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivenot in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society
adjectiveoffensive to good taste especially in sexual matters
adjectiveoffending against sexual mores in conduct or appearance
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian неприли́чен, непристо́ен
- неприли́чен (neprilíčen)offensive to good taste
- непристо́ен (nepristóen)offensive to good taste
- неподоба́ващ (nepodobávašt)not in keeping with conventional moral values
Catalan indecent
- indecentnot in keeping with conventional moral values
Chinese Mandarin 不體面 /不体面, 非禮 /非礼
- 不體面 /不体面 (bùtǐmiàn)offensive to good taste
- 非禮 /非礼 (fēilǐ)not in keeping with conventional moral values
Czech neslušný
- neslušnýoffensive to good taste
Danish uanstændig, usømmelig
- uanstændigoffensive to good taste
- usømmeligoffensive to good taste
- uanstændignot in keeping with conventional moral values
- usømmelignot in keeping with conventional moral values
Dutch onfatsoenlijk, onbetamelijk
- onfatsoenlijkoffensive to good taste
- onbetamelijkoffensive to good taste
Esperanto maldeca
- maldecanot in keeping with conventional moral values
Finnish törkeä, sopimaton
- törkeäoffensive to good taste
- sopimatonoffensive to good taste
- säädytönnot in keeping with conventional moral values
- sopimatonnot in keeping with conventional moral values
French indécent, indécent
- indécentoffensive to good taste
- indécentnot in keeping with conventional moral values
German unanständig, unanständig
- unanständigoffensive to good taste
- unanständignot in keeping with conventional moral values
- unkonventionellnot in keeping with conventional moral values
- unschicklichnot in keeping with conventional moral values
Hebrew מְגֻנֶּה
- מְגֻנֶּה (meguné)not in keeping with conventional moral values
Hindi अनुचित, अशोभनीय
- अनुचित (anucit)offensive to good taste
- अशोभनीय (aśobhnīya)offensive to good taste
Japanese いやらしい
- いやらしい (iyarashii)not in keeping with conventional moral values
Latin indecēns, indecēns
- indecēnsoffensive to good taste
- indecēnsnot in keeping with conventional moral values
Māori mōtekoteko, mōtekoteko
- mōtekotekooffensive to good taste
- mōtekotekonot in keeping with conventional moral values
Polish nieprzyzwoity, nieobyczajny
- nieprzyzwoityoffensive to good taste
- nieobyczajnynot in keeping with conventional moral values
- nieprzyzwoitynot in keeping with conventional moral values
Portuguese indecente, indecente
- indecenteoffensive to good taste
- indecentenot in keeping with conventional moral values
Romanian indecent
- indecentoffensive to good taste
Russian неприли́чный, непристо́йный
- неприли́чный (neprilíčnyj)offensive to good taste
- непристо́йный (nepristójnyj)offensive to good taste
- неприли́чный (neprilíčnyj)not in keeping with conventional moral values
- неподоба́ющий (nepodobájuščij)not in keeping with conventional moral values
Slovak neslušný
- neslušnýoffensive to good taste
Turkish edepsiz, yakışıksız
- edepsiznot in keeping with conventional moral values
- yakışıksıznot in keeping with conventional moral values
- hayasıznot in keeping with conventional moral values
Ukrainian непристо́йний
- непристо́йний (neprystójnyj)offensive to good taste
Welsh anweddus, aflednais
- anweddusoffensive to good taste
- aflednaisoffensive to good taste
Cite this entry
indecent. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/indecent
“indecent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/indecent. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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