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Synonyms for indecent

Grammar : Adj
Spell : in-dee-suhnt
Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈdi sənt

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Définition of indecent

Origin :
  • 1560s, "unbecoming, in bad taste," from French indécent (14c.), from Latin indecentem (nominative indecens), from in- "not, opposite of, without" (see in- (1)) + decens (see decent). Sense of "offending against propriety" is from 1610s. Indecent assault (1861) originally covered sexual assaults other than rape or intended rape, but by 1934 it was being used as a euphemism for "rape." Related: Indecently
  • adj obscene, vulgar; offensive
Example sentences :
  • Have you no bounds beyond which even your indecent curiosity must not go?
  • Extract from : « American Notes » by Rudyard Kipling
  • No; these telegraph poles are ugly and detestable, they are inhuman and indecent.
  • Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton
  • Indecent, if you ask me, with not a petticoat under it, I'll be bound!
  • Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • Indecent exposure, etc., is due to alcohol in 75 or 80 per cent.
  • Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
  • The common but indecent practice of introducing chewed victuals into their mouth, is equally disgusting and unwholesome.
  • Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
  • They were taunted in the most vulgar, low, indecent language.
  • Extract from : « The Prison Chaplaincy, And Its Experiences » by Hosea Quinby
  • I have replied that her demand is both impracticable and indecent.
  • Extract from : « The Bramleighs Of Bishop's Folly » by Charles James Lever
  • There never was an age in which outspoken honesty was indecent.
  • Extract from : « My Contemporaries In Fiction » by David Christie Murray
  • There never was an age in which pruriency in any guise could cease to be indecent.
  • Extract from : « My Contemporaries In Fiction » by David Christie Murray
  • This spot became the scene of the most shameful and indecent practices.
  • Extract from : « Fox's Book of Martyrs » by John Foxe

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