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decent

/'d/i/s/@/nt/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

  1. conforming to conventions of sexual behavior

    adj.all

    Examples
    Speech in this circle, if not always decent, never became lewd.
    Antonyms indecent

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. Suitable in words, behavior, dress, or ceremony; becoming; fit; decorous; proper; seemly; as, <i>decent</i> conduct; <i>decent</i> language.

    adjective

    Source: webster1913

adverb

  1. in the right manner

    adv.all

    Examples
    Can't you carry me decent?
    Synonyms decently in good order properly right the right way
    Antonyms improperly

    Source: WordNet 3.0

adjective satellite

  1. socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous

    adj.all

    Examples
    From a decent family.
    Synonyms nice

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. according with custom or propriety

    adj.all

    Examples
    A decent burial.
    Synonyms becoming comely comme il faut decorous seemly

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. sufficient for the purpose

    adj.all

    Examples
    A decent wage.
    Synonyms adequate enough

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  4. decently clothed

    adj.all

    Examples
    Are you decent?

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  5. observing conventional sexual mores in speech or behavior or dress

    adj.all

    Examples
    Though one of her shoulder straps had slipped down, she was perfectly decent by current standards.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

Nearby words

decencydecenedecennarydecennialdecenniumdecennovaldecentalisationdecentlydecentralisationdecentralisedecentraliseddecentralising

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