Obscene

a.	1.
	1.	Offensive to chastity or modesty; expressing or presenting to the mind or view something which delicacy, purity, and decency forbid to be exposed; impure; as, obscene language; obscene pictures. Words that were once chaste, by frequent use grew obscene and uncleanly. - I. Watts.
	2.	Foul; fifthy; disgusting. A girdle foul with grease binds his obscene attire. - Dryden (Aeneid, vi. 417).
	3.	Inauspicious; ill-omened. At the cheerful light, The groaning ghosts and birds obscene take flight. - Dryden.

Adj.	1.	obscene - designed to incite to indecency or lust; "the dance often becomes flagrantly obscene"- Margaret Mead
	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" Synonyms: abhorrent, detestable, repugnant, repulsive
	3.	obscene - suggestive of or tending to moral looseness; "lewd whisperings of a dirty old man"; "an indecent gesture"; "obscene telephone calls"; "salacious limericks" Synonyms: lewd, raunchy, salacious

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