Definitions for: Obscene


[adj] suggestive of or tending to moral looseness; "lewd whisperings of a dirty old man"; "an indecent gesture"; "obscene telephone calls"; "salacious limericks"
[adj] designed to incite to indecency or lust; "the dance often becomes flagrantly obscene"- Margaret Mead
[adj] 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"



Webster (1913) Definition: Ob*scene", a/ [L. obscenus, obscaenus, obscoenus, ill
looking, filthy, obscene: cf. F. obsc['e]ne.]
1. Offensive to chastity or modesty; expressing of presenting
to the mind or view something which delicacy, purity, and
decency forbid to be exposed; impure; as, obscene
language; obscene pictures.

Words that were once chaste, by frequent use grew
obscene and uncleanly. --I. Watts.

2. Foul; fifthy; disgusting.



A girdle foul with grease b??ds his obscene attire.
--Dryden.

3. Inauspicious; ill-omened. [R.] [A Latinism]

At the cheerful light, The groaning ghosts and birds
obscene take flight. --Dryden.

Syn: Impure; immodest; indecent; unchaste; lewd. --
Ob*scene"ly, adv. -- Ob*scene"ness, n.

Synonyms: abhorrent, detestable, dirty, indecent, lewd, offensive, repugnant, repulsive, salacious

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