indecent
in·de·cent (in dē′sənt)
adjective
not decent; specif.,
- not proper and fitting; unseemly; improper
- morally offensive; obscene
Etymology: < Fr or L: Fr indécent < L indecens
indecent
modif.
adj
Preposition: for
- man: It would be simply indecent for a man let alone a respectable woman to talk about prostitution.
Adjective complement with noun phrase
- do: Do not do anything indecent that would cause the Lord to turn his back on you.
Modifies a noun
- haste: With indecent haste, we were introduced to The Style Council.
- assault: A man was charged with indecent assault on a girl aged nine.
- exposure: He was arrested for indecent exposure at Milan's team hotel, The Lowry, late last night.
- photograph: Refer to indecent photographs of children, elsewhere in the guidance.
- image: He was also given six months for having indecent images of children on his computer.
- act: At the man's invitation the girl had committed an indecent act on the man.
Modifying Another Word
- almost: In fact, on the early records, he worked with almost indecent haste by today's standards.
- very: Two days later he found a man in the yard outside the same room " in a very indecent position with a drunken prostitute.
- positively: It was considered positively indecent to parade ones good deeds.
- really: It appears that to declare oneself a Stalinist is really indecent.
- grossly: One of these guarded treasures was a volume of grossly indecent verses by Voltaire, addressed to Frederick the Great.
- somehow: Even the name is vaguely onomatopoeic and sounds somehow indecent.
Used with adjective complement
The same costume will be Indecent10 years before its time Shameless5 years before its time Outre¤ (daring)1year before its time Smart Dowdy1year after its time Hideous10 years after its time Ridiculous20 years after its time Amusing30 years after its time Quaint50 years after its time Charming70 years after its time Romantic100 years after its time Beautiful150 years after its time.
I expect you'll be becoming a schoolmaster, sir. That's what most of the gentlemen does, sir, that gets sent down for indecent behaviour.
I do not like subversion or disloyalty in any form and if I had ever seen any I would have considered it my duty to have reported it to the proper authorities.But to hurt innocent people whom I knew many years ago in order to save myself is to me inhuman and indecent and dishonorable.
My brothers and sister and I were brought up in an atmosphere which I would describe as 'Puritan decadence'. Puritanism names the behaviour which is condemned; Puritan decadence regards the name itself as indecent, and pretends that the object behind that name does not exist until it is named.
It requires one to assume such indecent postures.
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