obscene

Adjective
Synonyms: abhorrentdetestablerepugnantrepulsivelewdraunchysalacious

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (3)

  1. designed to incite to indecency or lust“the dance often becomes flagrantly obscene — Margaret Mead”
  2. 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”Synonyms: abhorrentdetestablerepugnantrepulsive
  3. suggestive of or tending to moral looseness“lewd whisperings of a dirty old man”“an indecent gesture”“obscene telephone calls”“salacious limericks”Synonyms: lewdraunchysalacious
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Obscene \Ob*scene"\, a. [L. obscenus, obscaenus, obscoenus, ill looking, filthy, obscene: cf. F. obsc['e]ne.] [1913 Webster]

1.Offensive to chastity or modesty; expressing or presenting to the mind or view something which delicacy, purity, and decency forbid to be exposed; impure; as, obscene language; obscene pictures. [1913 Webster]

Words that were once chaste, by frequent use grew obscene and uncleanly.— I. Watts.[1913 Webster]

2.Foul; fifthy; disgusting. [1913 Webster]

A girdle foul with grease binds his obscene attire.— Dryden (Aeneid, vi. 417).[1913 Webster]

3.Inauspicious; ill-omened. [R.] [A Latinism] [1913 Webster]

At the cheerful light, The groaning ghosts and birds obscene take flight.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]

Syn: Impure; immodest; indecent; unchaste; lewd. [1913 Webster] -- Ob*scene"ly, adv. -- Ob*scene"ness, n. [1913 Webster]

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