OBSCENE

lewd, obscene, raunchy, salacious

(adjective) suggestive of or tending to moral looseness; “lewd pictures”; “an indecent gesture”; “obscene telephone calls”; “salacious limericks”

obscene

(adjective) designed to incite to indecency or lust; “the dance often becomes flagrantly obscene”-Margaret Mead

abhorrent, detestable, obscene, repugnant, repulsive

(adjective) 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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

obscene (comparative obscener or more obscene, superlative obscenest or most obscene) (see usage notes)

Offensive to current standards of decency or morality.

Synonym: Thesaurus:obscene

Antonyms: decent, moral, nonobscene

Lewd or lustful.

Synonym: Thesaurus:obscene

Antonyms: chaste, nonobscene, pure

Disgusting or repulsive.

Synonym: Thesaurus:obscene

Antonym: nonobscene

(by extension) Beyond all reason; excessive.

Synonym: Thesaurus:excessive

Antonym: Thesaurus:moderate

(law) Liable to corrupt or deprave.

Synonym: Thesaurus:obscene

Antonyms: decent, nonobscene

Usage notes

The comparative form obscener and superlative form obscenest, though formed by valid rules for English, are less common than more obscene and most obscene.

Source: Wiktionary

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Ob*scene", a/ Etym: [L. obscenus, obscaenus, obscoenus, ill looking, filthy, obscene: cf. F. obscéne.]

1. 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. Words that were once chaste, by frequent use grew obscene and uncleanly. I. Watts.

2. Foul; fifthy; disgusting. A girdle foul with grease bobscene attire. Dryden.

3. Inauspicious; ill-omened. [R.] [A Latinism] At the cheerful light, The groaning ghosts and birds obscene take flight. Dryden.

Syn.

– Impure; immodest; indecent; unchaste; lewd.

– Ob*scene"ly, adv.

– Ob*scene"ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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