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单词 decent
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Decent
adj satadj.allsocially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous
Synset:nice
Examples:
  • from a decent family
  • a nice girl
Antonyms:unrespectable
Derivationally Related Form:nicenessdecency
Inherited Hypernyms:decent
Similar to:respectable
adj satadj.allin harmony with the spirit of particular persons or occasion
Synset:fitting
Examples:
  • a decent burial
  • We have come to dedicate a portion of that field...It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this
Antonyms:improper
Derivationally Related Form:fittingness
Inherited Hypernyms:fitting
Similar to:proper
adjadj.allconforming to conventions of sexual behavior
Examples:
  • speech in this circle, if not always decent, never became lewd - George Santayana
Antonyms:indecent
Derivationally Related Form:decency
Inherited Hypernyms:decent
See also:clean decorous proper unobjectionable
adj satadj.allsufficiently clothed to see visitors or appear in public
Domain Usage:colloquialism
Examples:
  • are you decent?
Antonyms:immodest
Inherited Hypernyms:decent
Similar to:modest
adj satadj.allobserving conventional sexual mores in speech or behavior or dress
Examples:
  • though one of her shoulder straps had slipped down, she was perfectly decent by current standards
Antonyms:immodest
Derivationally Related Form:decency
Inherited Hypernyms:decent
Similar to:modest
adj satadj.allmeeting requirements
Synset:acceptable satisfactory
Examples:
  • the step makes a satisfactory seat
  • I would kill for a decent cup of coffee
  • a decent wage
Antonyms:bad
Derivationally Related Form:satisfyacceptacceptabilityacceptablenesssatisfactoriness
Inherited Hypernyms:satisfactory
Similar to:good
advadv.allin the right manner; correctly; suitably
Synset:decently properly right
Examples:
  • please do your job properly!
  • can't you carry me decent?
Antonyms:improperly
Pertainyms:proper
Inherited Hypernyms:properly
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