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English Dictionary: indecorous	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for indecorous
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
indecorous adj lacking propriety and good taste in manners and conduct; "indecorous behavior" Synonym(s): indecorous, indelicate Antonym(s): decorous 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" Synonym(s): indecent, indecorous, unbecoming, uncomely, unseemly, untoward
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Indecorous \In`deco"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. It was useless and indecorous to attempt anything more by mere struggle. --Burke. Syn: Unbecoming; unseemly; unbefitting; rude; coarse; impolite; uncivil; ill-bred.