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ob·scene
(ŏb-sēn′, əb-)adj.
1.
a. Offensive to accepted standards of decency.
b. Law Of or relating to materials that can be regulated or criminalized because their depiction of nudity, sex, or excretion is patently offensive and without artistic or scientific value.
2.
a. Morally repulsive; disgusting: "The way he writes about the disease that killed her is simply obscene" (Michael Korda).
b. So extreme in amount as to be objectionable or outrageous: "hammered by stratospheric rents and obscene taxes" (Joe Queenan).
[Latin obscēnus.]
ob·scene′ly adv.
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obscene
(əbˈsiːn)adj
1. offensive or outrageous to accepted standards of decency or modesty
2. (Law) law (of publications) having a tendency to deprave or corrupt
3. disgusting; repellent: an obscene massacre.
[C16: from Latin obscēnus inauspicious, perhaps related to caenum filth]
obˈscenely adv
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ob•scene
(əbˈsin)adj.
1. offensive to morality or decency; indecent: obscene language.
2. intended to stimulate sexual appetite or lust; lewd: obscene movies.
3. abominable; disgusting; repulsive.
[1585–95; < Latin obscēnus]
ob•scene′ly, adv.
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Adj. | 1. | obscene - designed to incite to indecency or lust; "the dance often becomes flagrantly obscene"-Margaret Mead indecent - offensive to good taste especially in sexual matters; "an earthy but not indecent story"; "an indecent gesture" |
2. | obscene - 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" offensive - unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses; "offensive odors" | |
3. | obscene - suggestive of or tending to moral looseness; "lewd whisperings of a dirty old man"; "an indecent gesture"; "obscene telephone calls"; "salacious limericks" dirty - (of behavior or especially language) characterized by obscenity or indecency; "dirty words"; "a dirty old man"; "dirty books and movies"; "boys telling dirty jokes"; "has a dirty mouth" |
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obscene
adjective
1. indecent, dirty, offensive, gross, foul, coarse, filthy, vile, improper, immoral, pornographic, suggestive, blue, loose, shameless, lewd, depraved, X-rated (informal), bawdy, salacious, prurient, impure, lascivious, smutty, ribald, unwholesome, scabrous, immodest, licentious, indelicate, unchaste I'm no prude, but I think these photos are obscene.
indecent seemly, pure, decent, proper, modest, refined, respectable, chaste, inoffensive, decorous
indecent seemly, pure, decent, proper, modest, refined, respectable, chaste, inoffensive, decorous
2. offensive, shocking, evil, disgusting, outrageous, revolting, sickening, vile, wicked, repellent, atrocious, obnoxious, heinous, nauseating, odious, loathsome, abominable, detestable It was obscene to spend millions producing unwanted food.
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obscene
adjective1. Offensive to accepted standards of decency:
barnyard, bawdy, broad, coarse, dirty, Fescennine, filthy, foul, gross, lewd, nasty, profane, ribald, scatologic, scatological, scurrilous, smutty, vulgar.
Slang: raunchy.
2. Beyond all reason:
Idioms: out of bounds, out of sight.
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Translations
خَلاعي، فاحِشفَاحِشٌ
obscénní
modbydeligsjofel
rivo
opscen
klámfenginn
猥褻な
음탕한
nešvankiainešvankybė
nepieklājīgs, piedauzīgs
oanständig
ลามก
tục tĩu
obscene
[əbˈsiːn]A. ADJ
2. (= shocking) [profit, salary] → escandaloso
B. CPD obscene publication N (Jur) → publicación f pornográfica
Obscene Publications Act N (Brit) (Jur) → ley f de las publicaciones pornográficas
Obscene Publications Squad N (Brit) → brigada f en contra de las publicaciones pornográficas
Obscene Publications Act N (Brit) (Jur) → ley f de las publicaciones pornográficas
Obscene Publications Squad N (Brit) → brigada f en contra de las publicaciones pornográficas
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
obscene
adj → obszön; word, picture, book also → unzüchtig; language, joke also → zotig; gesture, posture, thought also → schamlos, unzüchtig; (non-sexually: = repulsive) → ekelerregend; prices, demands → unverschämt; obscene publication → Veröffentlichung f → mit pornografischem Inhalt; Obscene Publications Act (Brit) Gesetz über die Veröffentlichung pornografischen Materials; this colour scheme is positively obscene → diese Farbzusammenstellung widert einen an or ist widerlich
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
obscene
[əbˈsiːn] adj → osceno/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
obscene
(əbˈsiːn) adjective disgusting, especially sexually. obscene photographs.
obˈscenely adverbobscenity (-ˈse-) – plural obˈscenities – noun
an obscene act or word(s). He shouted obscenities at the police.
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obscene
→ فَاحِشٌ obscénní sjofel obszön άσεμνος obsceno rivo obscène opscen osceno 猥褻な 음탕한 obsceen uanstendig nieprzyzwoity obsceno непристойный oanständig ลามก açık saçık tục tĩu 淫秽的Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009