Definition of obscene in English:

obscene

adjective əbˈsiːnəbˈsin

1(of the portrayal or description of sexual matters) offensive or disgusting by accepted standards of morality and decency.
obscene jokes
Example sentencesExamples
- Any local band can apply to play a set on stage, but organisers are warning acts that obscene lyrics and lewd behaviour are out of the question.
- Thereafter, colonial censors turned their attention more closely to stamping out obscene literature.
- The court said obscene material should be judged by local standards.
- Some women might like their men to talk dirty but this was obscene filth.
- At that moment, they noticed I was watching them and greeted me with a tirade of foul language and obscene gestures.
- It is the voyeur in the audience who is the reason for offensive and obscene scenes in films.
- They had already beaten up and name-called other boys from his school, and subjected girls to obscene sexual innuendo.
- The content should more realistically be described as obscene language.
- It is considered rude, even obscene in Japan, Greece, Spain and some South American states.
- Every day, he says, children would hurl obscene and offensive abuse at teachers.
- If someone leaves a comment, it appears as written unless the comment is obscene or vulgar.
- Football chants are cruel, obscene, offensive, sometimes downright sick and often very funny.
- This poem uses obscene words to describe obscene acts and obscene attitudes.
- He remembered the girls going into the pub and conceded that one of the group had made a remark about them which was very offensive and highly obscene.
- It may be said that this movie is crude, profane, and even obscene at times - but so is war.
- They said the film was obscene and vulgar and showed women in a poor light.
- It also facilitates adults with a sexual interest in children to view obscene material and trade it.
- All 520 copies were confiscated under a charge of obscene literature.
- You many not choose a name that is obscene, offensive, unreasonably long or contrary to public interest.
- Mr Danby suggests rules which include deleting mail containing obscene, racist or offensive material.
Synonyms
pornographic, indecent, salacious, smutty, X-rated, lewd, rude, dirty, filthy, vulgar, foul, coarse, crude, gross, vile, nasty, disgusting, offensive, shameless, immoral, improper, immodest, impure, indecorous, indelicate, unwholesome, scabrous, off colour, lubricious, risqué, ribald, bawdy, suggestive, titillating, racy, erotic, carnal, sensual, sexy, lascivious, lecherous, licentious, libidinous, goatish, degenerate, depraved, amoral, debauched, dissolute, prurient
scatological, profane
informal blue, porn, porno, raunchy, sick
British informal near the knuckle, fruity, saucy
euphemistic adult
rare ithyphallic, Fescennine, Cyprian
1. 1.1 Offending against moral principles; repugnant.
  using animals' skins for fur coats is obscene
  Example sentencesExamples
  I palmed the offending items into a napkin and slipped the obscene bundle into my trouser pocket for disposal later.
  The principal explanation lies in the obscene moral inversion of victim culture.
  As each news bulletin heralds an upwards revision of long past obscene totals, alternative conclusions are easy to avoid.
  If only she could express it without employing obscene moral parallels.
  The obscene inequalities of wealth dividing rich and poor nations must be reduced.
  It becomes the vehicle for corporate branding of the most vulgar sort and it encourages waste on an obscene scale.
  Few people today would describe the First World War as anything other than an obscene slaughter.
  Synonyms
  shocking, scandalous, vile, foul, atrocious, outrageous, heinous, wicked, evil, odious, abhorrent, abominable, disgusting, hideous, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, repellent, obnoxious, offensive, objectionable, loathsome, hateful, nauseating, sickening, awful, dreadful, terrible, frightful, ghastly
  archaic disgustful, loathly

Origin

Late 16th century: from French obscène or Latin obscaenus 'ill-omened or abominable'.

The word obscene comes from Latin obscaenus ‘ill-omened or abominable’, a sense it could have into the 19th century. However, its primary sense in English has always been ‘offensive, indecent.’

Rhymes

Aberdeen, Amin, aquamarine, baleen, bean, been, beguine, Benin, between, canteen, careen, Claudine, clean, contravene, convene, cuisine, dean, Dene, e'en, eighteen, fascine, fedayeen, fifteen, figurine, foreseen, fourteen, Francine, gean, gene, glean, gombeen, green, Greene, Halloween, intervene, Janine, Jean, Jeannine, Jolene, Kean, keen, Keene, Ladin, langoustine, latrine, lean, limousine, machine, Maclean, magazine, Malines, margarine, marine, Mascarene, Massine, Maxine, mean, Medellín, mesne, mien, Moline, moreen, mujahedin, Nadine, nankeen, Nazarene, Nene, nineteen, nougatine, palanquin, peen, poteen, preen, quean, Rabin, Racine, ramin, ravine, routine, Sabine, saltine, sardine, sarin, sateen, scene, screen, seen, serene, seventeen, shagreen, shebeen, sheen, sixteen, spleen, spring-clean, squireen, Steen, submarine, supervene, tambourine, tangerine, teen, terrine, thirteen, transmarine, treen, tureen, Tyrrhene, ultramarine, umpteen, velveteen, wean, ween, Wheen, yean

Definition of obscene in US English:

obscene

adjectiveəbˈsēnəbˈsin

1(of the portrayal or description of sexual matters) offensive or disgusting by accepted standards of morality and decency.
obscene jokes
obscene literature
Example sentencesExamples
- They said the film was obscene and vulgar and showed women in a poor light.
- This poem uses obscene words to describe obscene acts and obscene attitudes.
- You many not choose a name that is obscene, offensive, unreasonably long or contrary to public interest.
- Any local band can apply to play a set on stage, but organisers are warning acts that obscene lyrics and lewd behaviour are out of the question.
- Every day, he says, children would hurl obscene and offensive abuse at teachers.
- It may be said that this movie is crude, profane, and even obscene at times - but so is war.
- At that moment, they noticed I was watching them and greeted me with a tirade of foul language and obscene gestures.
- Thereafter, colonial censors turned their attention more closely to stamping out obscene literature.
- He remembered the girls going into the pub and conceded that one of the group had made a remark about them which was very offensive and highly obscene.
- The content should more realistically be described as obscene language.
- Football chants are cruel, obscene, offensive, sometimes downright sick and often very funny.
- The court said obscene material should be judged by local standards.
- They had already beaten up and name-called other boys from his school, and subjected girls to obscene sexual innuendo.
- If someone leaves a comment, it appears as written unless the comment is obscene or vulgar.
- It also facilitates adults with a sexual interest in children to view obscene material and trade it.
- It is considered rude, even obscene in Japan, Greece, Spain and some South American states.
- Some women might like their men to talk dirty but this was obscene filth.
- Mr Danby suggests rules which include deleting mail containing obscene, racist or offensive material.
- It is the voyeur in the audience who is the reason for offensive and obscene scenes in films.
- All 520 copies were confiscated under a charge of obscene literature.
Synonyms
pornographic, indecent, salacious, smutty, x-rated, lewd, rude, dirty, filthy, vulgar, foul, coarse, crude, gross, vile, nasty, disgusting, offensive, shameless, immoral, improper, immodest, impure, indecorous, indelicate, unwholesome, scabrous, off colour, lubricious, risqué, ribald, bawdy, suggestive, titillating, racy, erotic, carnal, sensual, sexy, lascivious, lecherous, licentious, libidinous, goatish, degenerate, depraved, amoral, debauched, dissolute, prurient
1. 1.1 Offensive to moral principles; repugnant.
  using animals' skins for fur coats is obscene
  Example sentencesExamples
  If only she could express it without employing obscene moral parallels.
  Few people today would describe the First World War as anything other than an obscene slaughter.
  As each news bulletin heralds an upwards revision of long past obscene totals, alternative conclusions are easy to avoid.
  I palmed the offending items into a napkin and slipped the obscene bundle into my trouser pocket for disposal later.
  The obscene inequalities of wealth dividing rich and poor nations must be reduced.
  It becomes the vehicle for corporate branding of the most vulgar sort and it encourages waste on an obscene scale.
  The principal explanation lies in the obscene moral inversion of victim culture.
  Synonyms
  shocking, scandalous, vile, foul, atrocious, outrageous, heinous, wicked, evil, odious, abhorrent, abominable, disgusting, hideous, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, repellent, obnoxious, offensive, objectionable, loathsome, hateful, nauseating, sickening, awful, dreadful, terrible, frightful, ghastly

Origin

Late 16th century: from French obscène or Latin obscaenus ‘ill-omened or abominable’.

单词	obscene
释义	Definition of obscene in English: obscene adjective əbˈsiːnəbˈsin 1(of the portrayal or description of sexual matters) offensive or disgusting by accepted standards of morality and decency. obscene jokes Example sentencesExamples Any local band can apply to play a set on stage, but organisers are warning acts that obscene lyrics and lewd behaviour are out of the question. Thereafter, colonial censors turned their attention more closely to stamping out obscene literature. The court said obscene material should be judged by local standards. Some women might like their men to talk dirty but this was obscene filth. At that moment, they noticed I was watching them and greeted me with a tirade of foul language and obscene gestures. It is the voyeur in the audience who is the reason for offensive and obscene scenes in films. They had already beaten up and name-called other boys from his school, and subjected girls to obscene sexual innuendo. The content should more realistically be described as obscene language. It is considered rude, even obscene in Japan, Greece, Spain and some South American states. Every day, he says, children would hurl obscene and offensive abuse at teachers. If someone leaves a comment, it appears as written unless the comment is obscene or vulgar. Football chants are cruel, obscene, offensive, sometimes downright sick and often very funny. This poem uses obscene words to describe obscene acts and obscene attitudes. He remembered the girls going into the pub and conceded that one of the group had made a remark about them which was very offensive and highly obscene. It may be said that this movie is crude, profane, and even obscene at times - but so is war. They said the film was obscene and vulgar and showed women in a poor light. It also facilitates adults with a sexual interest in children to view obscene material and trade it. All 520 copies were confiscated under a charge of obscene literature. You many not choose a name that is obscene, offensive, unreasonably long or contrary to public interest. Mr Danby suggests rules which include deleting mail containing obscene, racist or offensive material. Synonyms pornographic, indecent, salacious, smutty, X-rated, lewd, rude, dirty, filthy, vulgar, foul, coarse, crude, gross, vile, nasty, disgusting, offensive, shameless, immoral, improper, immodest, impure, indecorous, indelicate, unwholesome, scabrous, off colour, lubricious, risqué, ribald, bawdy, suggestive, titillating, racy, erotic, carnal, sensual, sexy, lascivious, lecherous, licentious, libidinous, goatish, degenerate, depraved, amoral, debauched, dissolute, prurient scatological, profane informal blue, porn, porno, raunchy, sick British informal near the knuckle, fruity, saucy euphemistic adult rare ithyphallic, Fescennine, Cyprian 1.1 Offending against moral principles; repugnant. using animals' skins for fur coats is obscene Example sentencesExamples I palmed the offending items into a napkin and slipped the obscene bundle into my trouser pocket for disposal later. The principal explanation lies in the obscene moral inversion of victim culture. As each news bulletin heralds an upwards revision of long past obscene totals, alternative conclusions are easy to avoid. If only she could express it without employing obscene moral parallels. The obscene inequalities of wealth dividing rich and poor nations must be reduced. It becomes the vehicle for corporate branding of the most vulgar sort and it encourages waste on an obscene scale. Few people today would describe the First World War as anything other than an obscene slaughter. Synonyms shocking, scandalous, vile, foul, atrocious, outrageous, heinous, wicked, evil, odious, abhorrent, abominable, disgusting, hideous, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, repellent, obnoxious, offensive, objectionable, loathsome, hateful, nauseating, sickening, awful, dreadful, terrible, frightful, ghastly archaic disgustful, loathly Origin Late 16th century: from French obscène or Latin obscaenus 'ill-omened or abominable'. The word obscene comes from Latin obscaenus ‘ill-omened or abominable’, a sense it could have into the 19th century. However, its primary sense in English has always been ‘offensive, indecent.’ Rhymes Aberdeen, Amin, aquamarine, baleen, bean, been, beguine, Benin, between, canteen, careen, Claudine, clean, contravene, convene, cuisine, dean, Dene, e'en, eighteen, fascine, fedayeen, fifteen, figurine, foreseen, fourteen, Francine, gean, gene, glean, gombeen, green, Greene, Halloween, intervene, Janine, Jean, Jeannine, Jolene, Kean, keen, Keene, Ladin, langoustine, latrine, lean, limousine, machine, Maclean, magazine, Malines, margarine, marine, Mascarene, Massine, Maxine, mean, Medellín, mesne, mien, Moline, moreen, mujahedin, Nadine, nankeen, Nazarene, Nene, nineteen, nougatine, palanquin, peen, poteen, preen, quean, Rabin, Racine, ramin, ravine, routine, Sabine, saltine, sardine, sarin, sateen, scene, screen, seen, serene, seventeen, shagreen, shebeen, sheen, sixteen, spleen, spring-clean, squireen, Steen, submarine, supervene, tambourine, tangerine, teen, terrine, thirteen, transmarine, treen, tureen, Tyrrhene, ultramarine, umpteen, velveteen, wean, ween, Wheen, yean Definition of obscene in US English: obscene adjectiveəbˈsēnəbˈsin 1(of the portrayal or description of sexual matters) offensive or disgusting by accepted standards of morality and decency. obscene jokes obscene literature Example sentencesExamples They said the film was obscene and vulgar and showed women in a poor light. This poem uses obscene words to describe obscene acts and obscene attitudes. You many not choose a name that is obscene, offensive, unreasonably long or contrary to public interest. Any local band can apply to play a set on stage, but organisers are warning acts that obscene lyrics and lewd behaviour are out of the question. Every day, he says, children would hurl obscene and offensive abuse at teachers. It may be said that this movie is crude, profane, and even obscene at times - but so is war. At that moment, they noticed I was watching them and greeted me with a tirade of foul language and obscene gestures. Thereafter, colonial censors turned their attention more closely to stamping out obscene literature. He remembered the girls going into the pub and conceded that one of the group had made a remark about them which was very offensive and highly obscene. The content should more realistically be described as obscene language. Football chants are cruel, obscene, offensive, sometimes downright sick and often very funny. The court said obscene material should be judged by local standards. They had already beaten up and name-called other boys from his school, and subjected girls to obscene sexual innuendo. If someone leaves a comment, it appears as written unless the comment is obscene or vulgar. It also facilitates adults with a sexual interest in children to view obscene material and trade it. It is considered rude, even obscene in Japan, Greece, Spain and some South American states. Some women might like their men to talk dirty but this was obscene filth. Mr Danby suggests rules which include deleting mail containing obscene, racist or offensive material. It is the voyeur in the audience who is the reason for offensive and obscene scenes in films. All 520 copies were confiscated under a charge of obscene literature. Synonyms pornographic, indecent, salacious, smutty, x-rated, lewd, rude, dirty, filthy, vulgar, foul, coarse, crude, gross, vile, nasty, disgusting, offensive, shameless, immoral, improper, immodest, impure, indecorous, indelicate, unwholesome, scabrous, off colour, lubricious, risqué, ribald, bawdy, suggestive, titillating, racy, erotic, carnal, sensual, sexy, lascivious, lecherous, licentious, libidinous, goatish, degenerate, depraved, amoral, debauched, dissolute, prurient 1.1 Offensive to moral principles; repugnant. using animals' skins for fur coats is obscene Example sentencesExamples If only she could express it without employing obscene moral parallels. Few people today would describe the First World War as anything other than an obscene slaughter. As each news bulletin heralds an upwards revision of long past obscene totals, alternative conclusions are easy to avoid. I palmed the offending items into a napkin and slipped the obscene bundle into my trouser pocket for disposal later. The obscene inequalities of wealth dividing rich and poor nations must be reduced. It becomes the vehicle for corporate branding of the most vulgar sort and it encourages waste on an obscene scale. The principal explanation lies in the obscene moral inversion of victim culture. Synonyms shocking, scandalous, vile, foul, atrocious, outrageous, heinous, wicked, evil, odious, abhorrent, abominable, disgusting, hideous, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, repellent, obnoxious, offensive, objectionable, loathsome, hateful, nauseating, sickening, awful, dreadful, terrible, frightful, ghastly Origin Late 16th century: from French obscène or Latin obscaenus ‘ill-omened or abominable’.
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