Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - indecent
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Indecent
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~ adj 1 indecent behaviour, movements, clothes etc are likely to shock or offend people, because they involve sex or because they show parts of the body that are usually covered (You can't go to a dinner party in that dress - it's positively indecent!) 2 not acceptable (The funeral formalities were performed with almost indecent haste.) - indecently adv (indecently dressed)
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1. If you describe something as indecent, you mean that it is shocking and offensive, usually because it relates to sex or nakedness. He accused Mrs Moore of making an indecent suggestion. = obscene ADJ • indecently ...an indecently short skirt. ADV: ADV with v, ADV adj 2. If you describe the speed or amount of something as indecent, you are indicating, often in a humorous way, that it is much quicker or larger than is usual or desirable. The opposition says the legislation was drafted with indecent haste. ADJ • indecently ...an indecently large office. ADV ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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adjective Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French indecent, from Latin ~-, indecens, from in- + decent-, decens decent Date: circa 1587 not decent: as a. grossly improper or offensive ~ language b. unseemly, inappropriate he took ~ pleasure in her troubles • ~ly adverb ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. 1 offending against recognized standards of decency. 2 unbecoming; highly unsuitable (with indecent haste). Phrases and idioms indecent assault a sexual attack not involving rape. indecent exposure the intentional act of publicly and indecently exposing one's body, esp. the genitals. Derivatives indecency n. (pl. -ies). indecently adv. Etymology: F ind{eacute}cent or L indecens (as IN-(1), DECENT) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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adj. 1) неприличный; непристойный 2) coll. неподобающий he left the party in indecent haste - он ушел с вечеринки с неприличной поспешностью 3) непорядочный Syn: immodest, improper, indecorous, indelicate, unseemly Ant: chaste, modest, moral ...Англо-русский словарь
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