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Synonyms

obscene

American  
[uhb-seen] / əbˈsin /

adjective

  1. offensive to morality or decency; indecent; depraved.

    obscene language.

  2. causing uncontrolled sexual desire.

  3. abominable; disgusting; repulsive.

obscene British  
/ əbˈsiːn /

adjective

  1. offensive or outrageous to accepted standards of decency or modesty

  2. law (of publications) having a tendency to deprave or corrupt

  3. disgusting; repellent

    an obscene massacre
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Other Word Forms

  • obscenely adverb
  • obsceneness noun
  • unobscene adjective
  • unobscenely adverb
  • unobsceneness noun

Etymology

Origin of obscene

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

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