unbecoming Copy link Outline 1. indĕcōrus2. indĕcor or indĕcŏris3. indĕcens4. inhŏnestus (meton. of moral qualities, applied to physical)5. turpis, e6. dēformis7. indignus (unsuitable to purpose, or to condition of life)8. illībĕrālis (mean, low)9. parum vĕrēcundus10. aliēnus, with object expr. • unbecoming: 1. indĕcōrus: (i.) externally: not u. dust, non indecorus pulvis, Hor. Od. 2, 1, 22. (ii.) morally: what is disgraceful is u., quod turpe, indecorum est, Cic. Off. 1, 27, 94. 2. indĕcor or indĕcŏris: (i.) socially: u. as to race, genus indecores, Virg. Aen. 12, 25. (ii.) morally: whose life is u., cujus sit vita indecoris, Acc. ap. Non. Marc. p. 488. 3. indĕcens: an u. nose, i. nasus, Mart. 2, 11, 4. 4. inhŏnestus (meton. of moral qualities, applied to physical): an u. wound, inhonestum vulnus, Virg. Aen. 6, 497. 5. turpis, e: more u. (i. e. less becoming), turpior, Hor. Od. 2, 2, 4. 6. dēformis: u. movement, motus deformis, Cic. Fin. 5, 12, 35. Join: deformis atque turpis, id. Off. 1, 35, 126. 7. indignus (unsuitable to purpose, or to condition of life): it seems not u. ... to relate, non indignum videtur ... memorare, Sall. Jug. 79: in an u. manner, indignum in modum, Liv. 29, 9. 8. illībĕrālis (mean, low): opp. to ingenuus: facilis est distinctio ingenui et illiberalis joci, Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104. 9. parum vĕrēcundus: u. words, verba parum verecunda, Quint. 10, 1, 9. 10. aliēnus, with object expr.: nor do they think it u. their high condition, neque hoc alienum ducunt majestate sua, Cic. Div. 1, 38, 83: u. one's dignity, alienum dignitatis, id. Fin. 1, 4, 11: Phr.: it is not u. an orator to pretend, oratorem simulare non dedecet, id. Tusc. 4, 25, 54: if any thing be u. in others, si quid dedeceat in aliis, id. Off. 1, 41, 146: v. to become, to suit, unworthy, unsuitable, uncouth.