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Obscene Common

Obscene has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

designed to incite to indecency or lust

"the dance often becomes flagrantly obscene"

2

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

suggestive of or tending to moral looseness

"lewd pictures"

"an indecent gesture"

"obscene telephone calls"

"salacious limericks"

4

Offensive to current standards of decency or morality.

"The comedian's joke about child abuse was so obscene that the crowd immediately walked out in disgust."

Example Sentences
"the dance often becomes flagrantly obscene" adjective
"an abhorrent deed" adjective
"the obscene massacre at Wounded Knee" adjective
"morally repugnant customs" adjective
"repulsive behavior" adjective
"the most repulsive character in recent novels" adjective
"lewd pictures" adjective
"an indecent gesture" adjective
"obscene telephone calls" adjective
"salacious limericks" adjective
See Also
fescennine miller test guttermouth disgust vulgarity fingergate obscenely smutty
Related Terms
Rhyming Words
ene dene mene pene sene bene rene gene nene lene cene oxene agene ilene arene keene ctene azene acene irene
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