Synonyms for indecency
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Noun
1. Impropriety — lack of decency; the property or degree of being indecent
impropriety, immorality, wickedness, impurity, dishonor US, dishonour UK, ungodliness, unrighteousness, unseemliness, unvirtuousness, indecorum, unhonour, unrightfulness, unsaintliness, unpropriety
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Definitions
- n. 1
Lack of decency; the property or degree of being indecent.
One sure sign of indecency is criticizing foreigners constantly, but remaining silent about the problems within your own land, or by your own people, or both.
Forms
- Plural
- indecencies → improprieties, immoralities, wickednesses, impurities…
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.
- impropriety Tom seemed unconcerned with the impropriety of his question.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| indecency | rising | |
| wickedness | rising | |
| dishonor | rising | |
| immorality | rising | |
| impropriety | steady | |
| ribaldry | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 8 letters
- dishonor3, impurity4, ribaldry3, unhonour
- 9 letters
- dishonour, indecorum
- 10 letters
- immorality5, wickedness3, indelicacy
- 11 letters
- impropriety5, ungodliness, unpropriety
- 12 letters
- unseemliness
- 13 letters
- unsaintliness, salaciousness
- 14 letters
- unvirtuousness, unrightfulness
- 15 letters
- unrighteousness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (dishonor3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- indécence
- Italiano
- indecenza
- Español
- indecencia
- Deutsch
- Unanständigkeit
- Català
- indecència