Definitions for indecorous

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indecorous in·dec·o·rous

Spelling: [in-dek-er-uh s, in-di-kawr-uh s, - Indecorous is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 765 anagrams from letters in indecorous (cdeinoorsu).

Definitions for indecorous

adjective

1. not decorous; violating generally accepted standards of good taste or propriety; unseemly.

Origin of indecorous

From the Latin word indecōrus, dating back to 1670-80. See in-³, decorous

Examples for indecorous

It would have been horrible, it would have been indecorous, to ask Kamarowsky for money.

I supposed so only, for it would have been indecorous to inquire into the meaning of what I saw.

They abound in choice phrases and so are in effect content to smooth over the commonplace with a not indecorous make-up.

A 65 very good showing, in these relaxed and indecorous days.

You may be thankful it was my indecorous, unfeminine self, and not any of the proprieties.

We cannot follow them and listen to their conversation—that would be indecorous.

To make such a fuss, also, about your religion seemed to her indecorous and absurd.

This would be a sheer abuse of power, sire; it would be indecorous and unseemly.

Second, that this idea, so conveyed, is indecorous and insolent.

What I reprove you for, is the indecorous and uncleanly; and these, I trust, you will abolish.