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| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | abhorrent, detestable, repugnant, repulsive |
| Derivation | obscenity |
the obscene massacre at Wounded Knee.
obscene::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Derivation | obscenity |
the dance often becomes flagrantly obscene.
Examples of obscene
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There were no arrests, no obscene chants, no fights and no discernible swearing.
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He faced a $600,000 FCC fine in 1992 after an obscene comment about Aunt Jemima.
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These guys having been making what seem like obscene amounts of money for years.
From the dispatchpolitics.com
The other driver honked his horn and Nijnik made an obscene hand gesture at him.
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Second comparing Israel's treatment of Palestinians to the Holocaust is obscene.
From the economist.com
Fat chance as long as the beneficiaries of obscene inherited fortunes hold sway.
From the morningstaronline.co.uk
Both have endured hecklers, obscene letters and death threats scrawled on walls.
From the time.com
Such expenditures are not only morally obscene, they are fiscally unsustainable.
From the infowars.com
I expect the top boss at Lloyds will still get his obscene bonus aswell as pay.
From the bbc.co.uk
- Designed to incite to indecency or lust; "the dance often becomes flagrantly obscene"-Margaret Mead
- Abhorrent: 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"
- Lewd: suggestive of or tending to moral looseness; "lewd whisperings of a dirty old man"; "an indecent gesture"; "obscene telephone calls"; "salacious limericks"
- (obscenity) the trait of behaving in an obscene manner
- (obscenity) an offensive or indecent word or phrase
- An obscenity (in Latin obspenus, meaning "foul, repulsive, detestable") is that which offends the prevalent sexual morality of the time, is a profanity, or is otherwise taboo, indecent, abhorrent, or disgusting, or is especially inauspicious; ill-omened.
- Offensive to current standards of decency or morality; Lewd or lustful; Disgusting or repulsive; Beyond all reason; Liable to deprave or corrupt
- (Obscenity) "If a state obscenity law is [appropriately] limited, First Amendment values are adequately protected by ultimate independent appellate review of constitutional claims when necessary." Miller v. California, 413 U.S. 15 (1973).
- (Obscenity) Sites which display graphic violence and/or the infliction of pain or injuries. Gross violence towards humans or animals such as scenes of dismemberment, torture, massive blood and gore, sadism and other types of excessive violence.
