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   ob·scene

   /əbˈsēn/

   adjective

   • 1. (of the portrayal or description of sexual matters) offensive or disgusting by accepted standards of morality and decency: "obscene jokes" Similar pornographicindecentsalacioussmuttylewdrudedirtyfilthyvulgarfoulcoarsecrudegrossvilenastydisgustingoffensiveshamelessimmoralimproperimmodestimpureindecorousindelicateunwholesomescabrousoff colorlubriciousrisquéribaldbawdysuggestivetitillatingracyeroticcarnalsensualsexylasciviouslecherouslicentiouslibidinousgoatishdegeneratedepravedamoraldebaucheddissoluteprurientscatologicalprofaneinformal:bluepornpornoX-ratedtriple-XXXXraunchysicknear the knucklefruitysaucyeuphemistic:adultrare:ithyphallicFescennineCyprianOpposite puredecent
   • ▪ offensive to moral principles; repugnant: "using animals' skins for fur coats is obscene" Similar shockingscandalousvilefoulatrociousoutrageousheinouswickedevilodiousabhorrentabominabledisgustinghideousrepugnantrepulsiverevoltingrepellentobnoxiousoffensiveobjectionableloathsomehatefulnauseatingsickeningawfuldreadfulterriblefrightfulghastlyarchaic:disgustfulloathly

   Word Origin late 16th century: from French obscène or Latin obscaenus ‘ill-omened or abominable’.

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