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Synonyms for indecent
ɪnˈdi səntin·de·cent

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  1. indecentadjective

    Synonyms:
    improper, offensive, immodest, in poor taste, in bad taste, distasteful, immoral, unseemly

  2. indecentadjective

    offensive to good taste

    Synonyms:
    distasteful, immoral, in poor taste, immodest, offensive, in bad taste, improper, unseemly

  3. indecentadjective

    not in keeping with conventional moral values; improper, immodest or unseemly

    Synonyms:
    distasteful, in poor taste, unseemly, offensive, immodest, immoral, improper, in bad taste

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  1. indecent

    Synonyms:
    indelicate, immodest, improper

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  1. indecent, indecorous, unbecoming, uncomely, unseemly, untowardadjective

    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"

    Synonyms:
    indelicate, indecorous, inauspicious, untoward, unbecoming, uncomely, unseemly, adverse

    Antonyms:
    modest, proper, decent

  2. indecentadjective

    offensive to good taste especially in sexual matters

    "an earthy but not indecent story"; "an indecent gesture"

    Synonyms:
    uncomely, unbecoming, untoward, indecorous, unseemly

    Antonyms:
    proper, decent, modest

  3. indecentadjective

    offending against sexual mores in conduct or appearance

    "a bathing suit considered indecent by local standards"

    Synonyms:
    uncomely, unbecoming, untoward, indecorous, unseemly

    Antonyms:
    modest, proper, decent

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. indecentnoun

    Synonyms:
    indecorous, improper, unbecoming, unseemly

  2. indecentnoun

    Synonyms:
    indelicate, gross, immodest, impure, obscene, filthy, unchaste

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  1. indecentadjective

    Synonyms:
    immodest, obscene, indelicate, shameless, ribald, lewd, unchaste

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  1. List of paraphrases for "indecent":

    obscene, immodest, indecency, immoral

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#5680adverse
#6274offensive
#13530improper
#17452awkward
#19434obscene
#24702unsuitable
#25406immoral
#29642unfit
#30442indecent
#56411distasteful
#56679indecency
#72742unseemly
#79668untoward
#80903unbecoming
#133218immodest
#137695inauspicious
#230883indelicate

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  1. Bill Cosby:

    >( CNN) Bill Cosby has replaced his entire defense team ahead of his sentencing hearing in September.Cosby's attorney, Tom Mesereau, and the rest of his defense team were replaced by attorney Joseph P. Green, the comedian's spokesman Andrew Wyatt said. Andrew Wyatt did not elaborate on the reason for the change.CNN reached out to Green for comment but has not yet received a response.Cosby was found guilty in April of three counts of aggravated indecent assault for drugging and sexually assaulting Andrea Constand at his home in a Philadelphia suburb in 2004. Read MoreThe 80-year-old comedian is scheduled for a sentencing hearing on September 24. He faces up to 10 years in prison on each count, although the actual sentence is likely to be much shorter.The verdict came a year after Cosby's previous trial ended in a mistrial, as a different panel of jurors said they were deadlocked and could not unanimously agree on a verdict. What the case was aboutThe case against Bill Cosby centered on testimony from Constand, a former employee with Temple University women's basketball team. She testified that Bill Cosby, a powerful trustee at Temple University, drugged her and sexually assaulted her when she visited Bill Cosby home to ask for career advice 14 years ago.The trial had the.

  2. Harold Macmillan:

    If you don't believe in God, all you have to believe in is decency. Decency is very good. Better decent than indecent. But I don't think it's enough.

  3. F. H. Bradley:

    There are those who so dislike the nude that they find something indecent in the naked truth.

  4. Communications Salleh Said Keruak:

    It is an offence ... to upload any comment, request, suggestion or other communication which is obscene, indecent, false, menacing or offensive in character with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass another person.

  5. Jonathan Hayes:

    Congressman Deutch mischaracterized data on allegations of sexual abuse, sexual harassment, or inappropriate sexual behavior made by minors at care facilities operated by HHS grantees. Congressman Deutch even went so far as to level the unfounded assertion that members of the HHS Office of Refugee Resettlement( ORR) federal staff were the subjects of sexual abuse allegations. This was totally false, congressman Deutch knowing mischaracterization of the data -- and Congressman Deutch impugning of the ORR federal staff -- was an immoral and indecent insult to all of the career civil servants who are dedicated to ensuring the health, safety, and welfare of the children in the unaccompanied alien children( UAC) program.


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