Sekirov Dictionary

obscene

/əbˈsiːn/

adjective 5
verb 1
forms 7

adjective5

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Offensive to standards of decency or morality.
- Shall I recount his intemperance, voluptuousness, and obscaene manner of living? or his impious, doubtful or wicked end? no, let them be buried with his ashes. — 1654
(UK) Liable to corrupt or deprave.
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(disapproving) Beyond all reason; excessive.
- "You ate an obscene amount of those lobster patties last night, Deb." / "And I plan to eat an obscene amount of them tonight as well," I replied. — 1999
•
Disgusting or repulsive.
- The reminder of who we were / made the canned laughter obscene. / Disgusted, mother returned to the kitchen, / her thoughts private. — 2002
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Lewd or lustful.
- Playes are the nurseries of vice, the bawd, / That thorow the senses steales our hearts abroad, / Tainting our eares with obscaene bawdery, / Lascivious words, and wanton ribaulry. — 1629

verb1

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(rare) To act or speak in an obscene manner; to offend.
- “Fucked up, is what they are,” the priest obscened. “Pardon my language, but this is par for the course of the Catholic Church. What kind of bullshit is this?” — 2004

forms

obscened · obscening · obscenes · more obscene · obscener · most obscene · obscenest

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