improprietynoun [ C or U ]
uk/ˌɪm.prəˈpraɪ.ə.ti/us/ˌɪm.prəˈpraɪ.ə.t̬i/formalbehaviour that is dishonest, socially unacceptable, or unsuitable for a particular situation:
financial/legal impropriety
allegations of sexual impropriety
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Lies, lying & hypocrisy
- artifice
- bad faith
- be a pack of lies idiom
- canard
- charade
- cobbler
- flimflam
- forked tongue
- half-truth
- hogwash
- humbug
- make sth up
- polygraph
- pork pie
- porky
- post-factual
- post-truth
- propaganda
- stretch the truth idiom
- venal
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