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UK
/ɒbsˈiːn/
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[ US /ɑbˈsin, əbˈsin/ ]
[ US /ɑbˈsin, əbˈsin/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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suggestive of or tending to moral looseness
lewd pictures
an indecent gesture
an indecent gesture
obscene telephone calls
salacious limericks -
designed to incite to indecency or lust
the dance often becomes flagrantly obscene -
offensive to the mind
the obscene massacre at Wounded Knee
repulsive behavior
the most repulsive character in recent novels
morally repugnant customs
an abhorrent deed
How To Use obscene In A Sentence
- I'm not easily shocked, but that book really is obscene.
- I'm not prudish but I think these photographs are obscene.
- They have cut the obscene passages from the film to show it on television.
- The very idea of a “man of God” and a “preacher” making six figures, driving luxury cars and living in gated communities, with expense accounts, country club memberships and obese bodies is laughable and obscene. Think Progress » Hatch Warns Tea Party Activists: Work With The GOP…Or Else
- As well as obscene and disgusting, it is utterly baffling. The Sun
- The gulf between the ruling elite and the masses became obscene.
- The principal explanation lies in the obscene moral inversion of victim culture.
- In some quarters there has been some recrudescence of the _Shakti_ cultus, with its often obscene and horrible rites, and the unnatural depravity which was so marked a feature in the case of the band of young Brahmans who conspired to murder Mr. Jackson at Nasik represents a form of erotomania which is certainly much more common amongst Hindu political fanatics than amongst Hindus in general. Indian Unrest
- The ruling of the Lord Chief Justice that a book written with pure intention and meant to convey useful knowledge might yet be obscene, drew from me a pamphlet entitled, “Is the Bible Indictable?”, in which I showed that the Bible came clearly within the judge's ruling. Autobiographical Sketches
- When he dunks the ball, he rises obscenely high, rotates his arms in the air as if doing one of those over-the-head medicine ball exercises, and then unleashes upon the basket.