Synonyms for impropriety
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Indecency — the condition of being improper
indecency, immorality, wickedness, wrong, vice, dishonor US, dishonour UK, badness, unrighteousness, unseemliness, ungodliness
2. Familiarity
Definitions
- n. 1
The condition of being improper.
- n. 2
An improper act.
Forms
- Plural
- improprieties → indecencies, immoralities, wickednesses, wrongs…
Example sentences
- wickedness The desire of wickedness came up in your heart.
- dishonor We dishonor the living and venerate the dead.
- immorality Islam hates immorality and so does Judaism.
- indecency He was thrown out of the restaurant for public indecency.
- irregularity He is the last man to commit an irregularity.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| impropriety | steady | |
| wickedness | rising | |
| dishonor | rising | |
| immorality | rising | |
| indecency | rising | |
| irregularity | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- vice1
- 5 letters
- wrong1
- 7 letters
- liberty3, blunder2, badness2
- 8 letters
- dishonor3, solecism
- 9 letters
- barbarism4, dishonour, indecency4, unfitness, indecorum
- 10 letters
- immorality5, wickedness3, inaccuracy5
- 11 letters
- familiarity5, incongruity5, ungodliness
- 12 letters
- irregularity6, unseemliness, improperness
- 13 letters
- incorrectness
- 14 letters
- unsuitableness, inadvisability
- 15 letters
- unrighteousness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (liberty3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- impropriété