indecent
/ɪnˈdiːs(ə)nt/US/ɪnˈdi.sənt/
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indecent adjective: offensive to good taste.
Adjective
indecent (comparative more indecent, superlative most indecent)
- Offensive to good taste.
- indecent comment
- indecent videos
- Synonyms:
- distasteful, in bad taste, in poor taste, offensive, earthy
- Not in keeping with conventional moral values; improper, immodest, or unseemly.
- Generally unacceptable for public broadcasting but not legally obscene.
indecent meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
indecent in Hindi
- offensive to good taste
- अनुचित anucit, अशोभनीय aśobhnīya
indecent in Tamil
- அருவருப்பான, இழிவான, நடை நயமற்ற, நாணமில்லாத, மாண்பிலாத
indecent in Urdu
- بازاری, بےحیا, برا, فاحش, فاحشہ, گندہ
indecent in Bengali
- indecent, improper, unseemly, incompatible
- অগঠন ôgôṭhôn
More languagesFewer languages
- indecent in Telugu
- అసభ్యంగా
- indecent in Malayalam
- അമാന്യ, അസഭ്യമായ, വഷളായ, അശ്ലീലമായ
- indecent in Kannada
- ಅನುಚಿತ, ಔಚಿತ್ಯ ಮೀರಿದ, ಅಸಭ್ಯ, ಅಯೋಗ್ಯ
- indecent in Punjabi
- ਗੰਦਾ gandā
- indecent in Gujarati
- અભદ્ર
- indecent in Nepali
- अभद्र
Synonyms of indecent
Forms of indecent
| comparative | more indecent |
|---|---|
| superlative | most indecent |
Origin of indecent
From in- + decent.
Words formed from indecent
Phrases with indecent
Questions about indecent
- What does indecent mean?
- Indecent means offensive to good taste.
- What is indecent in Hindi?
- Indecent in Hindi is अनुचित (anucit), अशोभनीय (aśobhnīya). See Indecent meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is indecent?
- Indecent is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce indecent?
- Indecent is pronounced /ɪnˈdiːs(ə)nt/ (UK).
Words near indecent in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: indecent (page history and authors); indecent (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); indecent (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); অগঠন (Bengali) (page history and authors); indecent (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); indecent (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); indecent (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਗੰਦਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); indecent (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); indecent (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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