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obscene adjective [ əbˈsiːn ]

• (of the portrayal or description of sexual matters) offensive or disgusting by accepted standards of morality and decency.
• "obscene jokes"
Similar: pornographic, indecent, salacious, smutty, lewd, rude, dirty, filthy, vulgar, foul, coarse, crude, gross, vile, nasty, disgusting, offensive, shameless, immoral, improper, immodest, impure, indecorous, indelicate, unwholesome, scabrous, off colour, lubricious, risqué, ribald, bawdy, suggestive, titillating, racy, erotic, carnal, sensual, sexy, lascivious, lecherous, licentious, libidinous, goatish, degenerate, depraved, amoral, debauched, dissolute, prurient, scatological, profane, blue, porn, porno, X-rated, triple-X, XXX, raunchy, sick, near the knuckle, fruity, saucy, adult, ithyphallic, Fescennine, Cyprian,
Opposite: pure, decent,
Origin: late 16th century: from French obscène or Latin obscaenus ‘ill-omened or abominable’.


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