Synonyms for obscene
əbˈsinob·scene

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. obscene

   Synonyms:
   adulterated, defiled, dirty, filthy, foul, gross, immodest, impure, indecent, indelicate, lewd, mixed, polluted, stained, sullied, tainted, tarnished, unchaste, unclean

   Antonyms:
   absolute, chaste, classic, classical, clean, clear, continent, genuine, guileless, guiltless, holy, immaculate, incorrupt, innocent, mere, perfect, pure, real, sheer, simple, spotless, stainless, true, unadulterated, unblemished, uncorrupted, undefiled, unmingled, unmixed, unpolluted, unspotted, unstained, unsullied, untainted, untarnished, upright, virtuous

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1. obscene

   Synonyms:
   impure, immodest, indecent, lewd, four, indelicate, filthy, disgusting, foul-mouthed

   Antonyms:
   pure, modest, decent

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1. obsceneadjective

   designed to incite to indecency or lust

   "the dance often becomes flagrantly obscene"-Margaret Mead

   Synonyms:
   detestable, abhorrent, repulsive, salacious, raunchy, repugnant, lewd

   Antonyms:
   decent, inoffensive, clean, unobjectionable

2. abhorrent, detestable, obscene, repugnant, repulsiveadjective

   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:
   detestable, execrable, raunchy, odious, repugnant, repulsive(a), abhorrent, lewd, abominable, hideous, repulsive, salacious

   Antonyms:
   inoffensive, clean, decent, unobjectionable

3. lewd, obscene, raunchy, salaciousadjective

   suggestive of or tending to moral looseness

   "lewd whisperings of a dirty old man"; "an indecent gesture"; "obscene telephone calls"; "salacious limericks"

   Synonyms:
   grimy, salacious, detestable, repugnant, grungy, dingy, lubricious, lascivious, libidinous, begrimed, lustful, grubby, raunchy, prurient, repulsive, abhorrent, lewd

   Antonyms:
   decent, clean, inoffensive, unobjectionable

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1. obsceneadjective

   Synonyms:
   indecent, indelicate, immodest, impure, ribald, gross, coarse, broad, unchaste, lewd, loose

2. obsceneadjective

   Synonyms:
   dirty, filthy, foul, offensive, disgusting

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1. obsceneadjective

   Synonyms:
   smutty, lewd, gross, indecent, immodest, indelicate, ribald

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1. List of paraphrases for "obscene":

   pornographic, indecent, vice-related, pornography, vice, immodest, revolting, sexual, sex

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1. Scott C. Holstad:

   angry, violent, bizarre, we’re obscene in our lust, oblivious in our pain. i’m a man driven by my passions. sometimes I desire normalcy but then my brain wakes up and i return to reality.

2. Thomas Paine, "The Age of Reason":

   Whenever we read the obscene stories, the voluptuous debaucheries, the cruel and torturous executions, the unrelenting vindictiveness, with which more than half the bible is filled, it would seem more consistent that we called it the word of a demon than the Word of God. It is a history of wickedness that has served to corrupt and brutalize mankind.

3. Anthony Fauci:

   I have threats upon my life, harassment of my family, and my children, with obscene phone calls because people are lying about me.

4. Summer Lee:

   I don't know that I could have conceptualized what $ 3 million looks like in three weeks. I think that sort of spending is obscene ; it's intentional.

5. Pastor Blair:

   I am beside myself with frustration that our tax dollars go to promote a drag queen show and safe sex events with carnival games that are obscene and graphic, yet when it comes to something like debating Darwinian evolution or talking about the literal Creation account of Genesis – well that kind of speech must be censored.