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ob·scen·i·ty
(ŏb-sĕn′ĭ-tē, əb-)n. pl. ob·scen·i·ties
1. The state or quality of being obscene.
2. Indecency, lewdness, or offensiveness in behavior, expression, or appearance.
3. Something, such as a word, act, or expression, that is indecent or lewd.
4. Something that is offensive or repulsive to the senses: "What had once been a gentle hill covered with lush grass turned into a brown obscenity of bare earth and smoke" (Tom Clancy).
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obscenity
(əbˈsɛnɪtɪ) orobsceneness
n, pl -ties
1. the state or quality of being obscene
2. an obscene act, statement, word, etc
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ob•scen•i•ty
(əbˈsɛn ɪ ti, -ˈsi nɪ-)n., pl. -ties.
1. the state or quality of being obscene.
2. something obscene, as a word or story.
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Obscenity
1. the cult of the obscene.
2. the worship of filth.
2. the worship of filth.
the vocabulary of obscenity; linguistic filthiness.
the act or policy of censorship or expurgation on moral grounds, after Anthony Comstock (1844-1915), campaigner against vice.
the habitual use of foul language.
a mania for foul speech.
1. the introduction of obscenity into art and literature.
2. obscene literature.
3. the study of obscene literature.
4. scatology.
2. obscene literature.
3. the study of obscene literature.
4. scatology.
a love of obscenity.
an abnormal interest in pornography.
any literature, film, or pictures that are judged obscene or indecent, especially because of sexual explicitness. — pornographer, n. — pornographic, adj.
the painting of sordid and obscene subjects. — rhyparographer, n. — rhyparographic, adj.
the study of or preoccupation with excrement or obscenity. Also called coprology. — scatologic, scatological, adj.
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Noun | 1. | obscenity - the trait of behaving in an obscene manner indecency - the quality of being indecent smuttiness, dirtiness - obscenity in speech or writing |
2. | obscenity - an offensive or indecent word or phrase Irish bull, crap, bull - obscene words for unacceptable behavior; "I put up with a lot of bullshit from that jerk"; "what he said was mostly bull" bawdry, bawdy - lewd or obscene talk or writing; "it was smoking-room bawdry"; "they published a collection of Elizabethan bawdy" scatology - a preoccupation with obscenity (especially that dealing with excrement or excretory functions) profanity - vulgar or irreverent speech or action Fanny Adams, sweet Fanny Adams - little or nothing at all; "I asked for a raise and they gave me bugger-all"; "I know sweet Fanny Adams about surgery" | |
3. | obscenity - an obscene act indecency, impropriety - an indecent or improper act |
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obscenity
noun
1. indecency, pornography, impurity, impropriety, vulgarity, smut, prurience, coarseness, crudity, licentiousness, foulness, outrageousness, blueness, immodesty, suggestiveness, lewdness, dirtiness, grossness, vileness, filthiness, bawdiness, unseemliness, indelicacy, smuttiness, salacity He justified the use of obscenity on the grounds that it was art.
indecency innocence, purity, decency, delicacy, modesty, propriety, chastity, decorum
indecency innocence, purity, decency, delicacy, modesty, propriety, chastity, decorum
2. swear word, curse, oath, expletive, four-letter word, cuss (informal), profanity, vulgarism They shouted obscenities at us as we passed.
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obscenity
noun1. The quality or state of being obscene:
bawdiness, coarseness, dirtiness, filthiness, foulness, grossness, lewdness, profaneness, profanity, scurrility, scurrilousness, smuttiness, vulgarity, vulgarness.
Slang: raunch, raunchiness.
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Translations
خَلاعَه، فُحْش، بَذاءَه
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klámfengi; klúryrîi
müstehcenlik
obscenity
[əbˈsenɪtɪ]A. N
1. (= indecency) → obscenidad f, indecencia f
2. (= word) → palabrota f, grosería f (esp LAm), lisura f (Andes, S. Cone)
to utter obscenities → proferir obscenidades
to utter obscenities → proferir obscenidades
3. (fig) that thing is an obscenity → esa cosa es una aberración
B. CPD the obscenity laws NPL → las leyes de obscenidad
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
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obscenity
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins 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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