indecent
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society
was buried with indecent haste
Related & opposite
- indecency derivation
- indecorum derivation
- unseemliness derivation
- unbecomingness derivation
- indecency derivation
- improper similar to
Sense 2 adjective
offensive to good taste especially in sexual matters
an earthy but not indecent story
Related & opposite
- dirty also see
- indecorous also see
- improper also see
- decent antonym
- indecency derivation
- indecency derivation
- earthy similar to
- Hollywood similar to
- indelicate similar to
- obscene similar to
- suggestive similar to
Sense 3 adjective
offending against sexual mores in conduct or appearance
a bathing suit considered indecent by local standards
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | indecency |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | indecorum |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | unseemliness |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | unbecomingness |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | indecency |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | improper |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | dirty |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | indecorous |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | improper |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | decent |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | indecency |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | indecency |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | earthy |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | Hollywood |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | indelicate |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | obscene |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | suggestive |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | indecency |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | indecency |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | immodest |