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to accuse; especially to charge (a public officer), before a competent tribunal, with misbehavior in office; to cite before a tribunal for judgement of official misconduct; to arraign; as, to impeach a judge. See Impeachment.

coming; incongruous; inappropriate; indecent; as, an improper medicine; improper thought, behavior, language, dress. Follow'd his enemy king, and did him service, Improper for a slave. Shak. And to their proper operation still, Ascribe all Good; to their improper, Ill. Pope.

fitness or unsuitableness to character, time place, or circumstances; as, improperiety of behavior or manners.

nce; improper. -- Im*pru"dent*ly, adv. Her majesty took a great dislike at the imprudent behavior of many of the ministers and readers. Strype.

; unsuitable; not fitting; inconsistent; improper; as, an incongruous remark; incongruous behavior, action, dress, etc. "Incongruous mixtures of opinions." I. Taylor. "Made up of incongruous parts." Macaulay. Incongruous denotes that kind of absence of harmony or suitableness of which the taste and experience of men ta…

Want of decorum; impropriety of behavior; that in behavior or manners which violates the established rules of civility, custom, or etiquette; indecorousness.

ers, or to purity of mind; coarse; rude; as, an indelicate word or suggestion; indelicate behavior. Macaulay. -- In*del"i*cate*ly, adv.

An indiscreet act; indiscreet behavior. Past indiscretion is a venial crime. Cowper.

cy, or to an infant; similar to, or characteristic of, an infant; childish; as, infantile behavior.

Haughty and contemptuous or brutal in behavior or language; overbearing; domineering; grossly rude or disrespectful; saucy; as, an insolent master; an insolent servant. "A paltry, insolent fellow." Shak. Insolent is he that despiseth in his judgment all other folks as in regard of his value, of his cunning, of his spea…

Not subject to, or restrained by, the law of morality or of society; as, lawless men or behavior.

A person of wild behavior; an excitable, rash, violent person. Shak.

The quality of being maidenly; the behavior that becomes a maid; modesty; gentleness.

Evil conduct; fraudulent practices; misbehavior, corruption, or extortion in office.

Carriage; behavior; deportment; also, becoming behavior; well- bred carriage and address. Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices. Emerson.

Guilty of ill behavior; illbred; rude. "A misbehaved and sullen wench." Shak.

Ill conduct; evil or improper behavior; as, the failings and miscarriages of the righteous. Rogers.

Wrong conduct; bad behavior; mismanagement. Addison.

Ill behavior; evil conduct; fault. Shak.

Misgovernment; misconduct; misbehavior. [Obs.] Chaucer. Spenser.