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obscene

/əb'sin/

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adjective
suggestive of or tending to moral looseness
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"obscene telephone calls"

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lewd raunchy salacious dirty
adjective
offensive to the mind
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"the obscene massacre at Wounded Knee"

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abhorrent detestable repugnant repulsive offensive
adjective
designed to incite to indecency or lust
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"the dance often becomes flagrantly obscene"

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indecent

Examples of obscene

"obscene telephone calls"
"the obscene massacre at Wounded Knee"
"the dance often becomes flagrantly obscene"