- designed to incite to indecency or lust; "the dance often becomes flagrantly obscene"-Margaret Mead
- abhorrent: 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"
- lewd: suggestive of or tending to moral looseness; "lewd whisperings of a dirty old man"; "an indecent gesture"; "obscene telephone calls"; "salacious limericks"
- (obscenity) the trait of behaving in an obscene manner
- (obscenity) an offensive or indecent word or phrase
- An obscenity (in Latin obspenus, meaning "foul, repulsive, detestable") is that which offends the prevalent sexual morality of the time, is a profanity, or is otherwise taboo, indecent, abhorrent, or disgusting, or is especially inauspicious; ill-omened.
- Offensive to current standards of decency or morality; Lewd or lustful; Disgusting or repulsive; Beyond all reason; Liable to deprave or corrupt
- (Obscenity) "If a state obscenity law is [appropriately] limited, First Amendment values are adequately protected by ultimate independent appellate review of constitutional claims when necessary." Miller v. California, 413 U.S. 15 (1973).
- (Obscenity) Artistic expression which appeals solely to prurient interests and is without redeeming artistic merit or social importance. (As defined under U. S. law.)
- (Obscenity) Sites which display graphic violence and/or the infliction of pain or injuries. Gross violence towards humans or animals such as scenes of dismemberment, torture, massive blood and gore, sadism and other types of excessive violence.
- (Obscenity) The quality or state of being morally abhorrent or socially taboo, especially as a result of referring to or depicting sexual or excretory functions. See Fiber issue.
- (Obscenity) Violation of indecency and/or obscenity laws is not permitted on Masscot Internet's networks and can result in criminal penalties.
- (Obscenity) defined by the Miller test by applying contemporary community standards, is one exception. ...
- (Obscenity) in terms of humor analysis, this is a humor type that involves not only profane or dirty language but also acts of violation against holy or divine rules and practices.
- (*) a patently offensive description of ultimate sexual acts or solicitation to commit ultimate sexual acts, whether or not said acts are normal or perverted, actual or simulated
- A word used to express a large amount/intensity of anything, e.g. An obscene dinner, an obscenely good grade etc. As the previous examples show, the adjective can be applied to positive things too.
- (Love's Labor Lost - 1.1.232)
- adj., adv. a highly subjective reference to material or acts which display or describe sexual activity in a manner appealing only to "prurient interest," with no legitimate artistic, literary or scientific purpose. ...