decent
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2.0
- adjective
- /ˈdiːsənt/
:
presentable
- You should always look presentable and wear decent clothes when attending a job interview.
- decent clothes
- look decent
- wear something decent
How should I make the hair on my face actually look halfway decent?
- How should I make the hair on my face actually look halfway decent?
- At least throw something better on, like make sure you going out there looking decent, OK.
Examples
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We'll scrape up some decent clothing.
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"It's been a long time since your last decent meal," Dr. Lash blinked in alarm.
Fiction book (2001) -
I want you to go out and buy some decent clothes.
Fiction book (1990) -
I'm trying to attract a decent guy here.
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And see that he puts on some decent attire.
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You're clearly a decent human being, a good citizen.
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And more importantly, he was one of the kindest, most decent men she had ever met.
Fiction book (1995) -
Her mother was relieved to find a decent and equally tall husband for her gangly daughter.
Fiction book (1993) -
Money meant food and better clothes, decent clothes that didn't mark you as a runaway.
Fiction book (2002) -
He'd wear his oldest decent suit, blue, a frayed blue shirt, and a faded blue tie.
Fiction book (1996)
Synonyms
114
3.0
Seen by people as good and socially acceptable
29
2.4
Wearing neat, clean clothes that look smart, like a suit or nice shirt
20
3.6
Clothes or behavior that do not show much skin and avoid sexual attention
1
9.1
Proper and polite in behavior or appearance
Antonyms
Compounds
How Dressed
Surface Forms
Etymology
Decent comes from the Latin verb decere, 'to be fitting', which helps you remember that to be decent can mean being properly dressed or ready for others to see.