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单词 obscenity
释义
obscenity
(ɒbsenɪti )
Word forms: obscenities
1. uncountable noun
Obscenity is behaviour, art, or language that is sexual and offends or shocks people.
He insisted these photographs were not art but obscenity.
Synonyms: indecency, pornography, impurity, impropriety  
2. variable noun
An obscenity is a very offensive word or expression.
They shouted obscenities at us and smashed bottles on the floor.
3. countable noun
If you refer to an action or event as an obscenity, you disapprove of it very strongly and consider it to be offensive or immoral. [disapproval]
It is not the only place experiencing the obscenities of civil war.
Synonyms: atrocity, wrong, horror, offence  
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