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indecorous

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in·dec·o·rous  (n-dkr-s)
adj.
Lacking propriety or good taste. See Synonyms at improper.
in·deco·rous·ly adv.
in·deco·rous·ness n.
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Adj.1.indecorous - lacking propriety and good taste in manners and conduct; "indecorous behavior"
indelicate
indecent - offensive to good taste especially in sexual matters; "an earthy but not indecent story"; "an indecent gesture"
improper - not suitable or right or appropriate; "slightly improper to dine alone with a married man"; "improper medication"; "improper attire for the golf course"
decorous - characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste in manners and conduct; "the tete-a-tete was decorous in the extreme"
2.indecorousindecorous - 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"
indecent, unbecoming, uncomely, unseemly, untoward
improper - not suitable or right or appropriate; "slightly improper to dine alone with a married man"; "improper medication"; "improper attire for the golf course"
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As an example of motiveless degradation of character, we have Menelaus in the Orestes: of character indecorous and inappropriate, the lament of Odysseus in the Scylla, and the speech of Melanippe: of inconsistency, the Iphigenia at Aulis,--for Iphigenia the suppliant in no way resembles her later self.
The Poetics of Aristotle by Aristotle View in context
She paused as if she felt it indecorous to speak of her pregnancy before Pierre, though the gist of the matter lay in that.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
A crash, a cry, and a laugh from Laurie, accompanied by the indecorous exclamation, "Jupiter Ammon
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