Meaning of OBSCENE
| Pronunciation: | | ub'seen
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- [adj] suggestive of or tending to moral looseness; "lewd whisperings of a dirty old man"; "an indecent gesture"; "obscene telephone calls"; "salacious limericks"
- [adj] designed to incite to indecency or lust; "the dance often becomes flagrantly obscene"- Margaret Mead
- [adj] 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"
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| | Synonyms: | | abhorrent, detestable, dirty, indecent, lewd, offensive, repugnant, repulsive, salacious |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ob*scene"\, a/ [L. obscenus, obscaenus, obscoenus, ill
looking, filthy, obscene: cf. F. obsc['e]ne.]
1. Offensive to chastity or modesty; expressing of 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 b??ds his obscene attire.
--Dryden.
3. Inauspicious; ill-omened. [R.] [A Latinism]
At the cheerful light, The groaning ghosts and birds
obscene take flight. --Dryden.
Syn: Impure; immodest; indecent; unchaste; lewd. --
{Ob*scene"ly}, adv. -- {Ob*scene"ness}, n.
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| | Definition: | | Seeing something obscene in your dream, refers to aspects of yourself that you have rejected or refuse to acknowledge. |
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