Thesaurus: indecorous
Not decorous; violating good manners; contrary to good breeding or etiquette; unbecoming; improper; out of place; as, indecorous conduct.
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Definitions
- a. Not decorous; violating good manners; contrary to good breeding or etiquette; unbecoming; improper; out of place; as, indecorous conduct.
- adj. lacking propriety and good taste in manners and conduct
- adj. not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society
- Not decorous; violating good manners; contrary to good breeding or etiquette; unbecoming; improper; out of place; as, indecorous conduct. It was useless and indecorous to attempt anything more by mere struggle. Burke. Syn. -- Unbecoming; unseemly; unbefitting; rude; coarse; impolite; uncivil; ill-bred.
- Not decorous; violating good manners; contrary to good breedingor etiquette; unbecoming; improper; out of place; as, indecorousconduct.It was useless and indecorous to attempt anything more by merestruggle. Burke.
- j:100 a. lacking propriety and good taste in manners and conduct