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All unseemly synonyms

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adj unseemly

  • indecent — offending against generally accepted standards of propriety or good taste; improper; vulgar: indecent jokes; indecent language; indecent behavior.
  • ill-fitted — badly or uncomfortably fitted: an ill-fitted denture.
  • lowbred — characterized by or characteristic of low or vulgar breeding; ill-bred; coarse.
  • low-down — If someone gives you the low-down on a person or thing, they tell you all the important information about them.
  • foot-in-mouth — (of a statement) inappropriate, insensitive, or imprudent.
  • blowsy — (esp of a woman) untidy in appearance; slovenly or sluttish
  • ill-advised — acting or done without due consideration; imprudent: an ill-advised remark.
  • inapposite — not apposite; not pertinent.
  • incorrect — not correct as to fact; inaccurate; wrong: an incorrect statement.
  • inconsonant — not consonant or in accord.
  • ill-judged — injudicious; unwise.
  • at odds — If someone is at odds with someone else, or if two people are at odds, they are disagreeing or quarrelling with each other.

noun unseemly

  • ingenuousness — free from reserve, restraint, or dissimulation; candid; sincere.
  • inelegance — the quality or state of being inelegant; lack of elegance.
  • offensiveness — causing resentful displeasure; highly irritating, angering, or annoying: offensive television commercials.
  • homeliness — lacking in physical attractiveness; not beautiful; unattractive: a homely child.
  • crudeness — in a raw or unprepared state; unrefined or natural: crude sugar.
  • impudency — (now rare) Impudence.
  • hideousness — horrible or frightful to the senses; repulsive; very ugly: a hideous monster.

adjective unseemly

  • embarrassing — Causing embarrassment.
  • extreme — Reaching a high or the highest degree; very great.
  • objectionable — causing or tending to cause an objection, disapproval, or protest.
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