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1. (adj.) obscene
offensive to morality or decency; indecent:
obscene language.
2. obscene
intended to stimulate sexual appetite or lust; lewd:
obscene movies.
3. obscene
abominable; disgusting; repulsive.
Etymology: (1585–95; < L obscēnus)
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| Definition of 'obscene' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) obscene
designed to incite to indecency or lust
"the dance often becomes flagrantly obscene"-Margaret Mead
2. (adj) abhorrent, detestable, obscene, repugnant, repulsive
offensive to the mind
"an abhorrent deed"; "the obscene massacre at Wounded Knee"; "morally repugnant customs"; "repulsive behavior"; "the most repulsive character in recent novels"
3. (adj) lewd, obscene, raunchy, salacious
suggestive of or tending to moral looseness
"lewd whisperings of a dirty old man"; "an indecent gesture"; "obscene telephone calls"; "salacious limericks"
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1. (adjective) obscene
offensive because of relating to sex
obscene language/pictures
2. obscene
morally wrong or unjust
Allowing that much violence in a movie is obscene.; obscenely rich people
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. obscene
offensive to chastity or modesty; expressing of presenting to the mind or view something which delicacy, purity, and decency forbid to be exposed; impure; as, obscene language; obscene pictures
2. obscene
foul; fifthy; disgusting
3. obscene
inauspicious; ill-omened
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Sense: disgusting, especially sexually
obscene photographs.
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 Afrikaans: obseen, onsedelik, smerig |
 Arabic: خَلاعي، فاحِش |
 Bulgarian: неприличен |
 Brazilian: obsceno |
 Czech: oplzlý |
 German: obszön |
 Danish: modbydelig |
 Greek: άσεμνος, πρόστυχος |
 Spanish: obsceno |
 Estonian: nilbe |
 Farsi: زشت؛ مستهجن |
 Finnish: rivo |
 French: obscène |
 Hebrew: גַס |
 Hindi: असभ्य, अश्लील |
 Croatian: opscen, nepristojan |
 Hungarian: trágár |
 Indonesian: jorok |
 Icelandic: klámfenginn |
 Italian: osceno |
 Japanese: わいせつな |
 Korean: 외설의 |
 Lithuanian: nepadorus, nešvankus |
 Latvian: nepieklājīgs, piedauzīgs |
 Malay: lucah |
 Dutch: obsceen |
 Norwegian: uanstendig, griset, porno |
 Polish: sprośny |
 Persian: مبتذل، زشت؛ مستهجن |
 Pashto: لوڅ او بربنډ |
 Portuguese: obsceno |
 Romanian: obscen |
 Russian: непристойный |
 Slovak: oplzlý |
 Slovenian: opolzek |
 Serbian: lascivan |
 Swedish: oanständig, motbjudande, |
 Thai: ลามก |
 Turkish: müstehcen, açık saçık |
 Taiwanese: 淫穢的 |
 Ukrainian: непристойний, неподобний |
 Urdu: فحش |
 Vietnamese: tục tĩu |
 Chinese: 淫秽的 |
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