obscene
33
6.2
- adjective
- /əbˈsiːn/
- Offensive
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obsceno
- Writing about the war will always be obscene because war is obscene.
- obscene language
- obscene phone calls
- obscene material
Why don't we just walk away the first time that someone gaslights us or say a few choice obscene words to them?
- Why don't we just walk away the first time that someone gaslights us or say a few choice obscene words to them?
- I mean, since when did women exchanging bodily fluids and a little like bondage become the most obscene thing in the land?
- For three weeks they moved from pool to pool and gorged themselves like beasts performing an obscene Eucharist.
- Just any girls like UDM like you know, fans Yeah I've never seen I'd never have sent anything really in obscene or nothing.
- The one is coarse, boorish, buffoonish, obscene, indecent is how it's translated, but obscenum is is actually how it's being discussed there.
Examples
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She tells people that you scream obscene things in bed.
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Some little guttersnipe has written an obscene book about you.
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When I put it to them, they agreed that an obscene way of talking is against the law.
Fiction book (1993) -
The mother said it was obscene and demanded I take it off the shelves.
Fiction book (1993) -
The issue here is not about obscene pictures and drunken men.
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I don't waste my time with obscene reading.
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Today a Manhattan criminal court judge ruled the film obscene and ordered it removed from theaters in New York City.
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Therefore, I conclude that the book "Howl and Other Poems" does have some redeeming social importance, and I find the book is not obscene.
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Strictly taboo topics tend to be personal matters, topics considered obscene, dangerous, or inappropriate for classroom discussion.
Academic text (2000) -
His use of obscene gestures during the meeting shocked everyone present.
Synonyms
531
1.3
Causing a strong feeling of dislike or making you feel sick
280
2.3
Very unpleasant and making you feel sick or disgusted
192
4.2
Shocking and very wrong in a way that upsets people
90
4.7
Containing rude or offensive language
65
4.7
Words or jokes that are rude and about sex
49
7.2
Shows sexual acts to make people feel sexual desire
46
3.0
Very bad or shocking behaviour that makes people lose respect
45
5.1
Being rude and offensive, often about sex
43
6.7
Not acceptable in public because it is offensive or sexual
33
7.8
Not proper or polite for a situation
33
7.4
Sexually offensive or indecent in a way that shocks people
31
6.7
Causing people to feel offended or want to protest
24
9.9
Too interested in sex in a way that makes people uncomfortable
24
7.2
Very bad or morally wrong so people strongly dislike it
23
7.7
Causing strong dislike or disgust because people see it as morally wrong
22
6.5
Being rude and indecent in words or behaviour
18
7.9
Slightly shocking because it talks about sex in a rude or funny way
17
8.6
Content about sex that is rude and shocking
15
5.3
Having a bad smell or taste that bothers you
7
7.1
Saying or doing something rude that upsets people
2
6.6
Very rude and likely to make people feel angry or hurt
1
7.7
A little impolite because it talks about sex, often in a funny or daring way
Antonyms
How Obscene
- Offensive
49
7.2
- Offensive
33
6.2
- NSFW
43
6.7
- Offensive
261
4.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Obscene comes from the old Latin word obscenus, which meant 'repulsive' or 'indecent'. One popular way to remember it says ob- means 'away' and scaena means 'stage', so something kept 'off the stage' was hidden because it shocked people, and today obscene describes sexual or moral things that make people uncomfortable.