obscene

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

adjective

1. designed to incite to indecency or lust (Freq. 2)
- "the dance often becomes flagrantly obscene"-Margaret Mead
• Similar to:
indecent
• Derivationally related forms:
obscenity
2. suggestive of or tending to moral looseness
- lewd whisperings of a dirty old man
- an indecent gesture
- obscene telephone calls
- salacious limericks
• Syn:
lewd, raunchy, salacious
• Similar to:
dirty
• Derivationally related forms:
salaciousness (for: salacious), salacity (for: salacious), raunch (for: raunchy), obscenity, lewdness (for: lewd)
3. 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
• Syn:
abhorrent, detestable, repugnant, repulsive
• Similar to:
offensive
• Derivationally related forms:
repulsiveness (for: repulsive), repel (for: repulsive), repugnance (for: repugnant), obscenity, abhorrence (for: abhorrent), abhor (for: abhorrent)

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  lewd, raunchy, salacious, abhorrent, detestable, repugnant, repulsive