English-Thai Dictionary

indecency

N หยาบคาย  หยาบโลน  อนาจาร  lawdness vulgarity yab-kai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INDECENCY

n.[L. indecens, indeceo; in and deceo, to become. ] That which is unbecoming in language or manners; any action or behavior which is deemed a violation of modesty, or an offense to delicacy, as rude or wanton actions, obscene language, and whatever tends to excite a blush in a spectator. Extreme assurance or impudence may also be deemed indecency of behavior towards superiors. [See Indecorum. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

INDECENCY

In *de "cen *cy, n.; pl. Indecencies. Etym: [L. indecentia unseemliness: cf. F. indécence.]

 

1. The quality or state of being indecent; want of decency, modesty, or good manners; obscenity.

 

2. That which is indecent; an indecent word or act; an offense against delicacy. They who, by speech or writing, present to the ear or the eye of modesty any of the indecencies I allude to, are pests of society. Beattie.

 

Syn. -- Indelicacy; indecorum; immodesty; impurity; obscenity. See Indecorum.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

indecency

in de cen cy |inˈdēsənsē ɪnˈdisnsi | ▶noun ( pl. indecencies ) indecent behavior: a law governing indecency on cable television. • an indecent act, gesture, or expression.

 

Oxford Dictionary

indecency

in |decency |ɪnˈdiːsnsi | ▶noun ( pl. indecencies ) [ mass noun ] indecent behaviour. • [ count noun ] an indecent act or expression.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

indecency

indecency noun a man was up in court this week on a charge of indecency: indecent behaviour, gross indecency, pornography; obscenity, rudeness, coarseness, dirtiness, smuttiness, vulgarity, grossness, crudity, crudeness, bawdiness, lewdness, raciness, salaciousness, wickedness, impropriety, indelicacy, unseemliness, impurity, ribaldry, lasciviousness, licentiousness; prurience, profanity, foulness, vileness.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

indecency

in de cen cy /ɪndíːs (ə )nsi /名詞 複 -cies 1 U 無作法, 下品, みだら , 猥褻 （わいせつ ）.2 C 下品 [猥褻 ]な言行 .