indecorous
1. lacking propriety and good taste in manners and conduct - indecorous behavior • Syn: indelicate • Ant: decorous • See Also: improper, indecent • Derivationally related forms: indecorousness 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, unbecoming, uncomely, unseemly, untoward • Similar to: improper • Derivationally related forms: unseemliness (for: unseemly), unbecomingness (for: unbecoming), indecorousness, indecency (for: indecent)
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