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Indecent

adjective

Not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society. Synonyms: indecorous, unbecoming, uncomely, unseemly, untoward. "Indecorous behavior" , "Language unbecoming to a lady" , "Unseemly to use profanity" , "Moved to curb their untoward ribaldry"

Offensive to good taste especially in sexual matters. "An indecent gesture" Antonym: decent.

Offending against sexual mores in conduct or appearance.

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"Indecent" Quotes from Famous Books

... thickest mire; they pulled the cords as tightly as possible; they struck him with knotted cords, as a butcher would strike the beast he is about to slaughter; and they accompanied this cruel treatment with such ignoble and indecent insults that I cannot recount them. The feet of Jesus were bare; he wore, besides the ordinary dress, a seamless woollen garment, and a cloak which was thrown over all. I have forgotten to state that when Jesus was arrested, it was done without any ...

— The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ • Anna Catherine Emmerich

... of books rarely found in any reputable book shop, and which ought to be much rarer than they are—namely, those that belong to the domain of indecent literature. Booksellers who deal in such wares often put them in catalogues under the head of facetiae, thus making a vile use of what should be characteristic only of books of wit or humor. Men of prurient tastes become ...

— A Book for All Readers • Ainsworth Rand Spofford

... realist but he was also a deeply moral man. He went to Yurt and said, "It's indecent! Couldn't the two of you control yourselves at least ...

— Zen • Jerome Bixby

... takes chair near her.] It's indecent—at the horse-show, the opera, at races and balls, to meet the man who once—It's not civilized! It's fantastic! It's half baked! Oh, I never should have come here! [He sympathizes, and she grows irrational and furious.] But it's entirely ...

— Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911: The New York Idea • Langdon Mitchell

... barbaric bond. It degraded the woman, he declared, in making her a slave, and the man in that he accepted such a sacrifice. Jeanne had not argued with him. Until she were free, to discuss it with him seemed indecent. But in her own mind there was no doubt. If she were to be the helpmate of Proctor Maddox in uplifting the world, she would be Mrs. Proctor Maddox; or, much as he was to her, each would uplift the world alone. But she did not see the necessity ...

— Somewhere in France • Richard Harding Davis

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