obscenely
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6.5
- adverb
- /əbˈsini/
:
escandalosamente
- State parks can be obscenely cheap and nice.
- obscenely rich
- obscenely wealthy
- obscenely expensive
Most people would not know that I'm obscenely rich and wealthy, right?
- Most people would not know that I'm obscenely rich and wealthy, right?
- But because of that, they also do compensate obscenely.
- That was another obscenely difficult and very off the walls project.
- And just so the comparison between them doesn't get too difficult, they're both obscenely rich and successful.
- Like get just obscenely good at something.
- You know, I had this like very obscenely luxurious morning routine that was the best part of two hours long.
Examples
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Well, you two look obscenely happy.
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Which is fun, but it is so obscenely expensive.
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Like get just obscenely good at something.
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The Church was very powerful and obscenely rich.
Academic text (2018) -
Of course, he also needed to be obscenely rich just to afford it.
Fiction book (1999) -
But it was a pharmaceutical company controlled by certain party members that made them all obscenely rich.
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Most people would not know that I'm obscenely rich and wealthy, right?
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Chairman of an obscenely profitable banking institution.
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Giving enormous tax breaks to obscenely rich people in a state of emergency is something Bush did.
Blog text (29) -
The toys at that boutique are obscenely priced, making them unaffordable for most families.
Synonyms
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1.4
To show strong feeling or degree
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3.9
To a much higher level than usual
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3.7
In a way that is much too extreme or silly
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5.2
Very extreme or exaggerated in a way that seems unreasonable
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4.3
In a way that is very wrong or extreme
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4.8
In a way that surprises or upsets people a lot
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3.0
To a degree that is more than needed or acceptable
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5.0
In a way that does not make sense or is much too extreme
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4.4
Shows that something is very bad, unpleasant, or extreme
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5.8
In a way that is very shocking, too much, or rude
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4.8
In a way that makes you feel sick or upset
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4.9
So strong or bad that you cannot stand it
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7.5
To a much greater degree than is normal
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8.2
In an extremely bad and obvious way that shocks people
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7.4
In a very obvious way that breaks rules and offends people
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6.8
Makes people feel shocked or disgusted
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7.0
So silly or extreme that it makes people laugh
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6.8
In a very cruel and shocking way
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6.0
In a way that is very shocking or frightening
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7.7
In a way that is very hard to imagine
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8.4
To do something in a very shocking and cruel way
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7.3
Much more expensive than it should be
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7.8
In a very strong and unpleasant way that is easy to notice
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7.6
In a way that is more than is reasonable
In a very obvious way that gets attention
To an extremely large degree
Antonyms
How Excessive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Obscenely also means 'shockingly excessive', and you can link this use to the same idea of ob- 'off' plus scene 'stage' — something that goes beyond what is proper. That's why we say someone is obscenely rich or a portion is obscenely large when it feels too extreme.