indecorous

1. 1.

   lacking propriety and good taste in manners and conduct

   “indecorous behavior”

   Synonymsindelicate

   Antonymsdecorous
2. 2.

   not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society

   “was buried with indecent haste”

   “indecorous behavior”

   “language unbecoming to a lady”

   “unseemly to use profanity”

   “moved to curb their untoward ribaldry”

   Synonymsindecentunbecominguncomelyunseemlyuntoward

   Similarimproper

Questions about indecorous

What does indecorous mean?

indecorous means "lacking propriety and good taste in manners and conduct". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in indecorous?

indecorous has 4 syllables: in-de-co-rous. The stress falls on "de".

What is another word for indecorous?

Close synonyms include indelicate, indecent, unbecoming, uncomely, unseemly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of indecorous?

The recorded antonyms are decorous.

Is indecorous a common word?

indecorous is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.