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Adjective: indecent  in'dee-sunt
  1. Offensive to good taste especially in sexual matters
    "an earthy but not indecent story"; "an indecent gesture"
     
  2. Not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society
    "was buried with indecent haste";
    - indecorous, unbecoming, uncomely, unseemly, untoward
     
  3. Offending against sexual mores in conduct or appearance
    "a bathing suit considered indecent by local standards"

See also: coarse, crude, dirty, earthy, gross, Hollywood, immodest, improper, indecorous, indelicate, obscene, ripe [informal], salty, suggestive, vulgar

Antonym: decent

Encyclopedia: Indecent