Indecorous behavior isn't proper or socially acceptable. It would be indecorous to publish your sister's diary in the newspaper or to tell your extended family an offensive joke at Thanksgiving dinner. Rude or off-color remarks are indecorous, and wearing a bikini to a formal dinner would also be indecorous.
How do you use indecorous in a sentence?
not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society.
- He conjures -- surely this is indecorous.
- He felt that there was something indecorous in her proposal.
- She could not ignore his indecorous behaviour though she loved him very much.
What does it mean to be 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.
