Adjective: obscene (obscener,obscenest) ub'seen or ób'seen
- Suggestive of or tending to moral looseness
"obscene telephone calls";
- lewd, raunchy [informal], salacious
- Designed to incite to indecency or lust
"the dance often becomes flagrantly obscene"
- Causing strong moral disgust or loathing
"the obscene massacre at Wounded Knee";
- abhorrent, detestable, repugnant, repulsive, absonant [archaic]
Derived forms: obscener, obscenest
See also: despicable, dirty, indecent, loathsome, nauseating, offensive, sick, sickening, slimy, ugly, unsavory [US], unsavoury [Brit, Cdn], unworthy, vile, worthless, wretched
Encyclopedia: Obscene