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Indecent

adjective

Not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society. Synonyms: indecorous, unbecoming, uncomely, unseemly, untoward. "Indecorous behavior" , "Language unbecoming to a lady" , "Unseemly to use profanity" , "Moved to curb their untoward ribaldry"

Offensive to good taste especially in sexual matters. "An indecent gesture"

Offending against sexual mores in conduct or appearance.

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"Indecent" Quotes from Famous Books

... a look which I did n't understand at first. Presently I saw what it expressed; in my drawing-room he was off duty, he had no longer to sit up and play a part; he would lean back and rest and draw a long breath, and forget that the day of his execution was fixed. There was to be no indecent haste about the marriage; it was not to take place till after the session, at the end of August It puzzled me and rather distressed me. that his heart should n't be a little more in the matter; it seemed strange to be engaged ...

— The Path Of Duty • Henry James

... three times, Veronica, on frivolous pretexts had entered his bedroom at night; and each time, he remembered well, she was in somewhat indecent undress, which contrasted strangely with ...

— The Grip of Desire • Hector France

... seriousness of life by means of gewgaws of which he was sick. Still; once at her rich breast, he forgave and forgot all. He preferred her simple natural breast to more modern inventions. And he had no shame, no modesty. Nor had his mother. It was an indecent carouse at which his father and Miss Insull had to assist. But his father had shame. His father would have preferred that, as Miss Insull had kindly offered to stop and work on Thursday afternoon, and as the shop was chilly, the due rotation should have brought the bottle round ...

— The Old Wives' Tale • Arnold Bennett

... English language and second in the language of the Hebrews, Frederick called his fellow- lodgers together earlier than usual on the evening before Thanksgiving Day. He explained to them, in the patois which they used together, that it would be indecent for them to carry this supply of food farther than next Monday for their own purposes. He told them that the occasion was one of exuberant thanksgiving to the God of heaven. He showed them that they all had great reason for thanksgiving. And, in short, he made three ...

— The Brick Moon, et. al. • Edward Everett Hale

... regret to say that these prognostications of Mr. Pott's were but too soon, and too fatally realised, for in almost the next issue of the Independent, we find a scandalous and indecent attack on our late beloved Mr. Pickwick. Shocking as it is, we cannot forbear, in duty to the deceased gentleman, presenting it ...

— Pickwickian Studies • Percy Fitzgerald

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