INDECOROUS


Meaning of INDECOROUS in English

adjective

not conforming with accepted standards of propriety or good taste

they regarded argument in public as indecorous

Synonyms: improper, indecent, indelicate, malodorous, ridiculous, rough, unbecoming, undecorous, ungodly, unseemly, untoward

Related Word: inappropriate, incorrect, unbefitting, unfit, unfitting; immodest, inelegant, undignified; coarse, gross, loose, offensive, shameful, tasteless, vulgar; discourteous, ill-mannered, impolite, rude, uncivil; irregular, unlawful

Idioms: in bad form

Contrasted words: becoming, courteous, decent, nice, proper, seemly; conventional, formal

Antonyms: decorous

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