Phrase Hound found 8 phrases and 16 compound words that contain decent. The most common are listed below. Open decent in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 8
- semi-decentAlternative form of semidecent: Having a small amount of decency.
- half-decentNot bad; reasonably good.
- halfway decentNo more than adequate.
- do the decent thingTo take the most honorable or appropriate course of action, even if is not necessarily in the person's own interests.
- did the decent thingsimple past of do the decent thing
- does the decent thingthird-person singular simple present indicative of do the decent thing: To take the most honorable or appropriate course of action, even if is not necessarily in the person's own interests.
- doing the decent thingpresent participle and gerund of do the decent thing
- done the decent thingpast participle of do the decent thing: To take the most honorable or appropriate course of action, even if is not necessarily in the person's own interests.
Compound words 16
- indecentOffensive to good taste.
- decencyThe quality of being decent; propriety.
- indecencyLack of decency; the property or degree of being indecent.
- semidecentHaving a small amount of decency.
- decentishSomewhat decent; all right, tolerable.
- undecentNot decent; indecent.
- decentersthird-person singular simple present indicative of decenter: To remove the centre from.
- decentestsuperlative form of decent: most decent
- decentileAlternative form of decile: Any of the values in a series that divides the distribution of individuals in that series into ten groups of equal frequency.
- decentilesplural of decentile: Any of the values in a series that divides the distribution of individuals in that series into ten groups of equal frequency.