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ALL meanings of obscene

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  • noun obscene (of the portrayal or description of sexual matters ) offensive or disgusting by accepted standards of morality and decency. 1
  • abbreviation OBSCENE offensive 1
  • adjective obscene sexually graphic 1
  • adjective obscene offensively large 1
  • adjective obscene offensive to morality or decency; indecent; depraved: obscene language. 1
  • adjective obscene causing uncontrolled sexual desire. 1
  • adjective obscene abominable; disgusting; repulsive. 1
  • adjective obscene If you describe something as obscene, you mean it offends you because it relates to sex or violence in a way that you think is unpleasant and shocking. 0
  • adjective obscene In legal contexts, books, pictures, or films which are judged obscene are illegal because they deal with sex or violence in a way that is considered offensive to the general public. 0
  • adjective obscene If you describe something as obscene, you disapprove of it very strongly and consider it to be offensive or immoral. 0
  • adjective obscene offensive or outrageous to accepted standards of decency or modesty 0
  • adjective obscene (of publications) having a tendency to deprave or corrupt 0
  • adjective obscene disgusting; repellent 0
  • adjective obscene offensive to one's feelings, or to prevailing notions, of modesty or decency; lewd 0
  • adjective obscene disgusting; repulsive 0
  • adjective obscene designating or of books, films, etc. which when judged by contemporary community standards, are found to appeal to a prurient interest in sex, be patently offensive, and have no serious artistic, scientific, or social value 0
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