Meaning of "obscene" : Online English Dictionary : Word Search by Wordhut.com

Meaning of obscene

1. (adj.sat.) suggestive of or tending to moral looseness; "lewd whisperings of a dirty old man"; "an indecent gesture"; "obscene telephone calls"; "salacious limericks"

2. (adj.sat.) designed to incite to indecency or lust; "the dance often becomes flagrantly obscene"- Margaret Mead

3. (adj.sat.) 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"

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