indecent

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

in·decent BrE [ɪnˈdiːsnt] NAmE [ɪnˈdiːsnt] adjective
1. (of behaviour, talk, etc.)thought to be morally offensive, especially because it involves sex or being naked
•indecent conduct/photos
•He made an indecent suggestion to my wife.
compare ↑decent
2. (of clothes)showing parts of the body that are usually covered
•That skirt of hers is positively indecent.
3. not done in the appropriate or usual amount of time
•They left the funeral with almost indecent haste (= too quickly).
Derived Word: ↑indecently

Word Origin:
[indecent indecently] late 16th cent.: from French indécent or Latin indecent-, from in- ‘not’ + decent- ‘being fitting’ (from the verb decere).

Example Bank:
•The rush to get hold of their father's money seemed positively indecent.
•conduct which is grossly indecent
•photographs that are classed as indecent
•It is considered indecent for couples to be seen to be intimate in public.
•They left the funeral with almost indecent haste.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  indecorous, unbecoming, uncomely, unseemly, untoward