indecorous

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adjective

Improper, immodest, or indecent.

Similar
indelicateindecentunbecominguncomelyunseemlyuntowardimproper
Opposite
decorous
OriginLatin indecōrus →
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Meanings

adjectiveindecorous (comparative more indecorous, superlative most indecorous)

comparative more indecorous · superlative most indecorous

  1. Improper, immodest, or indecent.

    Fact is that papers being locked away for 50-plus years is indecorous.

    2021, Gabe Roth, quoted in: Tony Mauro, The Marble Palace Blog: Seven Years of Trying to Fix the Supreme Court, in: The National Law Journal, December 15 2021

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
decorous

adjectivelacking propriety and good taste in manners and conduct

Similar
indelicate
Opposite
decorous

adjectivenot in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society

Similar
indecentunbecominguncomelyunseemlyuntowardimproper
Also see
aberrantdecadentimmoralimproperindecentindelicatenoughtreprobateunbecominguncomelyunethicalunseemlyuntoward

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinindecōrus
  2. Englishindecorous

By surface analysis, in- + decorous; or, Latin indecōrus.

More words from Latin

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Translations

Bulgarian неблагоприличен, неподобаващ
  • неблагоприличен (neblagopriličen)improper
  • неподобаващ (nepodobavašt)improper
Catalan indecorós
  • indecorósimproper
Finnish sopimaton
  • sopimatonimproper
French indécent
  • indécentimproper
Hindi अशोभनीय, अनुचित
  • अशोभनीय (aśobhnīya)improper
  • अनुचित (anucit)improper
  • अमर्यादित (amaryādit)improper
Italian indecoroso
  • indecorosoimproper
Portuguese indecoroso
  • indecorosoimproper
Spanish indecoroso
  • indecorosoimproper
Swedish opassande, otillbörlig
  • opassandeimproper
  • otillbörligimproper
  • otillständigimproper
Cite this entry
APA

indecorous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/indecorous

MLA

“indecorous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/indecorous. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “indecorous,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/indecorous.

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