obscene
37
5.7
- adjective
- /əbˈsiːn/
- Offensive
:
repugnante
- Police surveillance, obscene phone calls, death threats, shunning by friends and neighbors.
- obscene language
- obscene gestures
I live in a moral, narcissistic, obscene life, and I need God.
- I live in a moral, narcissistic, obscene life, and I need God.
- The the treatment of of pigs and cows is obscene to get milk.
- And that to me is it's just obscene.
- Police surveillance, obscene phone calls, death threats, shunning by friends and neighbors.
- and Misses Elliott story and entirely eliminated the obscene image.
- If we lived in a world where you didn't care what anyone thought, yeah, it wouldn't be that healthy because we would do all sorts of obscene, horrific things.
- But I've seen some of the most godless, unholy, I don't want going through religious theme deprived, obscene garbage ever.
- And, and reading out these extraordinarily obscene, vitriolic, you know, I hope you get painful cancer and die a painful death.
Examples
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It's obscene, all the violence, all the lunacy.
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But they continue to see these absurd, obscene images of her.
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I thought it was an obscene phone call.
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Well, there I was in the middle of this obscene phone call, and I thought of you.
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In so many cases, it's obscene what they're doing.
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Senator Baynard has been getting obscene phone calls.
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Specifically, the Court has found that which is obscene to be undeserving of First Amendment protection.
Academic text (2002) -
There are family solutions to family problems, but this, this is appalling and obscene; it's immoral.
Fiction book (1994) -
Reporter: What you're about to hear is going to shock you because it's vulgar and obscene.
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The manager considered the magazine article obscene and decided to take legal action against it.
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
157
5.0
Very bad and morally wrong
90
4.7
Containing rude or offensive language
87
5.6
Causing shock and strong disgust because it is very bad
65
4.7
Words or jokes that are rude and about sex
59
5.5
Causing strong dislike or disgust, like a very bad smell
58
8.9
Very bad and obvious in a way that shocks people
52
4.1
A very unpleasant thing that shocks or disgusts you
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
42
7.8
Very unpleasant and morally wrong to most people
38
6.8
Very bad and unacceptable, deserving strong criticism
31
6.7
Causing people to feel offended or want to protest
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
17
8.6
Content about sex that is rude and shocking
15
5.3
Having a bad smell or taste that bothers you
9
6.5
Very unpleasant and causing people to feel strong dislike or hate
2
6.6
Very rude and likely to make people feel angry or hurt
Causing a strong feeling of dislike or making people feel sick
Antonyms
How Obscene
6
4.9
- Offensive
37
5.7
98
4.2
- Offensive
261
4.0
30
4.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Obscene comes from Latin obscenus, meaning 'detestable' or 'shocking'. So when we call words or actions obscene we mean they are extremely offensive or morally wrong, because the word once named things people found sickening.