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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
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
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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