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obscene

[ uhb-seen ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

obscene

/ əbˈsiːn /

Origin of obscene¹

First recorded in 1585–95, obscene is from the Latin word obscēnus, obscaenus

Origin of obscene¹

C16: from Latin obscēnus inauspicious, perhaps related to caenum filth

In June, the executive offices of the Metropolitan Opera were broken into and graffitied with obscene messages.

There is something obscene in looking at the raw numbers, is there not?

People who are constantly suppressing the urge to make the most obscene, offensive jokes that spring to mind.

Anything involving that obscene level of cash will definitely have juicy stories behind it.

A monumental political bombshell, his obscene downfall was a cinematic gimme, sure to set screenwriter hearts aflutter.

That pious man liked to have the talk mainly to himself, and he thought that anything not obscene was tame.

There are a great many obscene minds, yet more railing and satirical, but very few fastidious ones.

The marvel was how the editor had contrived to carry intact that innocence of his through the horrors of his obscene profession.

Here amongst the ashes, either was, or seemed to be, a form of obscene shape; but such it really was.

The answer is here in the quarries that, having dehumanised man, have themselves become obscene.

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