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Meaning of indecens | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2

[ˈɪn.dɛ.kẽːs]

Definitions

unseemly, unbecoming
declension-3, one-termination
indecent, improper
declension-3, one-termination
unsightly, ugly
declension-3, one-termination

Equivalents

Azərbaycanca ədəbsiz həyasız

Беларуская непрысто́йны

Български неприличен непристоен

Čeština neslušný

Cymraeg aflednais anweddus

Dansk uanstændig usømmelig

Deutsch unangebracht unanständig ungebührlich ungehörig unkonventionell unpassend unschicklich unschmeichelhaft unschön wenig anziehend wenig schmeichelhaft

English improper indecent Unbecoming

Español nada favorecedor poco favorecedor

Suomi mauton säädytön sopimaton törkeä

Français indécent

हिन्दी अनुचित अशोभनीय

日本語いやらしい

Kurdî hakê

Te Reo Māori hake

Македонски недоличен неприличен непристоен

Nederlands onaantrekkelijk onbetamelijk onfatsoenlijk onflatteus ongepast

Polski nieobyczajny nieprzyzwoity

Português indecente

Русский неподоба́ющий неприличный непристойный

Türkçe edepsiz hayasız yakışıksız

Українська непристо́йний

Examples

“Quōmodo nix in aestāte, et pluviae in messe, sīc indecēns est stultō glōria. As snow in summer, and rain in harvest, so glory is not seemly for a fool. (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.: 1752 CE)”

CEFR level

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

Meaning of indecens | Babel Free

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