DECENT Antonyms

• having undesirable or negative qualities

• feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone

• that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency

• with great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `badly')

• very much; strongly

• serious or severe

• feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad')

• (of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition

• not capable of being collected

• below average in quality or performance

• nonstandard

• not financially safe or secure

• physically unsound or diseased

• capable of harming

• characterized by wickedness or immorality

• reproduced fraudulently

• not working properly

• deliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong

• not adhering to ethical or moral principles

• lacking in integrity

• not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive

• containing errors or alterations

• touched by rot or decay

• corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality

• make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence

• place under suspicion or cast doubt upon

• alter from the original

• giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation

• (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame

• lacking honor or integrity; deserving dishonor

• deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive

• lacking respectability in character or behavior or appearance

• morally bad or wrong

• morally objectionable behavior

• the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice

• having the nature of vice

• having or exerting a malignant influence

• not suitable or right or appropriate

• not conforming to legality, moral law, or social convention

• not appropriate for a purpose or occasion

• combined with extraneous elements

• (used of persons or behaviors) immoral or obscene

• having a physical or moral blemish so as to make impure according to dietary or ceremonial laws

• not suitable for a particular occasion etc

• not in keeping with what is correct or proper

• lacking propriety and good taste in manners and conduct

• not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society

• designed to incite to indecency or lust

• offensive to the mind

• suggestive of or tending to moral looseness

• for the purpose of attack rather than defense

• causing anger or annoyance

• morally offensive

• unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses

• the action of attacking an enemy

• violating or tending to violate or offend against

• causing or able to cause nausea

• (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame

• giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation

• characterized by iniquity; wicked because it is believed to be a sin

• having committed unrighteous acts

• far more than usual or expected

• not conforming to approved standards of social or professional behavior

• not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society

• morally bad in principle or practice

• having committed unrighteous acts

• intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality

• naughtily or annoyingly playful

• highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust

• lacking the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task

• of insufficient quantity to meet a need