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

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

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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How to use obscene in a sentence?

1. Karen Elizabeth Gordon:

   All phone calls are obscene.

2. Communications Salleh Said Keruak:

   It is an offence ... to upload any comment, request, suggestion or other communication which is obscene, indecent, false, menacing or offensive in character with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass another person.

3. 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.

4. Groucho Marx:

   Women should be obscene and not heard.

5. Havelock Ellis:

   It is only the great men who are truly obscene. If they had not dared to be obscene, they could never have dared to be great.