Synonyms for indecent
- adjective
Most common
improper lewd unseemly immodest offensive distasteful suggestive
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Obscene — not in keeping with conventional moral values; improper, immodest, or unseemly
obscene, immodest, lewd, unseemly, vulgar, improper, unbecoming, indelicate, impure, immoral, gross, smutty, shameful, bawdy, naughty, filthy, unchaste, dirty, adult, shameless, coarse, ungodly
2. Offensive — offensive to good taste
offensive, distasteful, scurrilous, nasty, crude, earthy, profane
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Offensive to good taste.
- adj. 2
Not in keeping with conventional moral values; improper, immodest, or unseemly.
Related words
- Word family
- indecency indecently
Example sentences
- improper It is improper to impose sanctions upon the union.
- lewd Tom was accused of performing a lewd act in public.
- unseemly Asking for seconds would be unseemly.
- immodest I don't care if you think these clothes are immodest.
- offensive The US staged a land offensive on Iraq from Kuwait.
- distasteful I hope that distasteful joke wasn't directed at me.
By length
- 4 letters
- lewd1
- 5 letters
- adult2, gross1, dirty2, nasty2, crude1, bawdy2
- 6 letters
- filthy2, vulgar2, coarse1, impure2, earthy2, smutty2
- 7 letters
- naughty2, obscene2, immoral3, profane2, ungodly3
- 8 letters
- improper3, shameful2, unseemly3, immodest, unchaste
- 9 letters
- offensive3, shameless2
- 10 letters
- suggestive3, unbecoming4, scurrilous3, indelicate4
- 11 letters
- distasteful3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (adult2 = 2 syllables).