indecorous

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

adjective lacking propriety and good taste in manners and conduct
adjective not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society

By surface analysis, in- + decorous; or, Latin indecōrus.

She felt it horribly indecorous, especially for her, to look at another person’s money. — Crime and Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
A crash, a cry, and a laugh from Laurie, accompanied by the indecorous exclamation, “Jupiter Ammon! — Little Women, Louisa May Alcott
There came a wild rush of anthropological lore into her brain, a flare of indecorous humor. — Ann Veronica: A Modern Love Story, H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

indelicate

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