Obscenity

Quick meaning: Obscenity is a noun meaning (countable) Something that is obscene.

Meaning

(countable) Something that is obscene.

More Meanings

1. (countable) An act of obscene behaviour.
2. (countable) Specifically, an offensive word; a profanity; a dirty word.
3. (uncountable) Lewdness, indecency, or offensive behaviour or material.
4. (uncountable) The fact of being obscene.

Example Sentences

Bestiality was outlawed as an obscenity in the strongly conservative community.

Eliza couldn't stand her daughter's music; as she saw it, it was just shouted obscenities and a heavy drum beat.

Martha wouldn't go into the art museum because, as she put it, "They have obscenities just sitting out, on display!"

The coalition of religious conservatives was campaigning against, in their view, rampant obscenity in the entertainment industry.

Word Forms

• obscenities

Synonyms for obscenity

Depending on context, synonyms include salacity, bawdiness, lewdness, salaciousness.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include bawdiness, salacity, salaciousness, lewdness, scandal, vice.

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