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noun
The condition of being improper.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: dishonour, indecency, unseemliness, immorality, improbity, impropriety, undecency, ungodliness, unhonour, unprobity, unpropriety, unrighteousness, unrightfulness, unsaintliness, unuprightness, unvirtuousness, wickedness
Antonyms: none provided
noun
An improper act.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Improper language.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
an act of undue intimacy
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: familiarity, indecorum, liberty
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: misbehavior, misbehaviour, misdeed
noun
an indecent or improper act
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: indecency
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: misbehavior, misbehaviour, misdeed
Narrower terms: obscenity
noun
an improper demeanor
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: improperness
Antonyms: propriety
Broader terms: demeanor, demeanour, behavior, behaviour, conduct, deportment
Narrower terms: incorrectness, inappropriateness, wrongness, indelicacy, indecorum, indecorousness, indecency
noun
the condition of being improper
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: condition, status
History
From French impropriété, from Latin improprietās. By surface analysis, improper + -iety or im- + propriety.
Across languages
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
