Antonyms 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

   Antonyms:
   becoming, befitting, beseeming, comely, congruous, decent, decorous, fit, fitting, graceful, meet, neat, proper, seemly, suitable, worthy

   Synonyms:
   awkward, ill-becoming, ill-fitting, improper, indecorous, unbecoming, unfit, unseemly, unsuitable

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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"

   Antonyms:
   modest, proper, decent

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

2. indecentadjective

   offensive to good taste especially in sexual matters

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

   Antonyms:
   proper, decent, modest

   Synonyms:
   uncomely, unbecoming, untoward, indecorous, unseemly

3. indecentadjective

   offending against sexual mores in conduct or appearance

   "a bathing suit considered indecent by local standards"

   Antonyms:
   modest, proper, decent

   Synonyms:
   uncomely, unbecoming, untoward, indecorous, unseemly

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1. indecentadjective

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

How to use indecent in a sentence?

1. Milan Kundera:

   When the heart speaks, the mind finds it indecent to object.

2. Russell Baker:

   Reporters thrive on the world's misfortune. For this reason they often take an indecent pleasure in events that dismay the rest of humanity.

3. Walt Hill:

   I want Montana to be known as a decent state where people can live within the security of laws and protect their children and associates from degrading and indecent practices, i believe this bill is written preserving that reputation.

4. Walter Kerr:

   Half the world is composed of idiots, the other half of people clever enough to take indecent advantage of them.

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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