Choose the Right Synonym for indecorous

indecorous, improper, unseemly, unbecoming, indelicate mean not conforming to what is accepted as right, fitting, or in good taste. indecorous suggests a violation of accepted standards of good manners. indecorous behavior improper applies to a broader range of transgressions of rules not only of social behavior but of ethical practice or logical procedure or prescribed method. improper use of campaign contributions unseemly adds a suggestion of special inappropriateness to a situation or an offensiveness to good taste. remarried with unseemly haste unbecoming suggests behavior or language that does not suit one's character or status. conduct unbecoming to an officer indelicate implies a lack of modesty or of tact or of refined perception of feeling. indelicate expressions for bodily functions

Examples of indecorous in a Sentence

an indecorous joke for a solemn moment in the marriage ceremony

Recent Examples on the Web However indecorous her comments, those facts take her commentary out of the purview of the school district. — Arkansas Online, 2 July 2021 The eyebrows would go up, the smile would fade, a silent but oh-so-sharp rebuke to the rude, the entitled, the indecorous. — Washington Post, 7 May 2021 Trump’s performances were riddled with misinformation, contradictions and indecorous boasts, while also predicting miracles and promoting cure-all therapeutics. — Anchorage Daily News, 20 Dec. 2020 The yelling crowd outwardly appeared to be indecorous and vulgar, failing to properly respect the solemn circumstances. — Monica Hesse, Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2020 Given the lack of actual harm and the indecorous behavior on all sides, this is not an episode over which a national consensus would support the president’s removal. — Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review, 27 Oct. 2019 Yet Harvard, too, was caught in the indecorous (but perfectly legal) act of giving preferences to white, wealthy kids who already enjoy the massive advantage of being . . . — BostonGlobe.com, 3 Oct. 2019 Equal parts charming, caustic and indecorous, Sneed may be the closest spiritual link to Palladin himself, one of the most demanding chefs to ever lead a kitchen in Washington. — Tim Carman, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2019 If the disorderly, confused, and indecorous were banned in Protestant Christian art, those styles proliferated in Catholic visuality. — Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, 8 May 2018

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