Meaning

3 senses
  1. Offensive to good taste.

    indecent comment

    indecent videos

    unanständig

    неприли́чныйneprilíčnyj, непристо́йныйnepristójnyj

    непристо́йнийneprystójnyj

    offensive to good taste especially in sexual matters

  2. Not in keeping with conventional moral values; improper, immodest, or unseemly.

    unanständig, unkonventionell, unschicklich

    неприли́чныйneprilíčnyj, неподоба́ющийnepodobájuščij

  3. Generally unacceptable for public broadcasting but not legally obscene.

Examples

23 sentences
  1. Tom has been arrested for indecent exposure.

  2. He has given us indecent wages.

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  3. He was charged with indecent exposure.

  4. He was arrested for indecent exposure.

  5. Jessica dressed like an indecent woman.

Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
offensive to good taste:
Русский
By meaning 2
offensive to good taste:
not in keeping with conventional moral values:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
offensive to good taste:
not in keeping with conventional moral values:

Origin

From in- + decent.

From in- + decent.

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Forms

more indecent, most indecent
Comparativemore indecent Lesson
Superlativemost indecent Lesson

regular

Synonyms

13 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

7 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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