Obscenity

Synonyms for "obscenity" (187 found)

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Closest matches (38)

Noun(4 words)

abominability animalitybad languagebaseness bawdiness bawdry beastliness billingsgateblue languageblue moviecarnality carrion clitoromania coarsenesscolorful languageconcupiscence contemptibility contrariety corruption crassness

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crudeness crudity curse cursing cusscuss wordcussing dandruff decay despicability despicableness dirt dirtinessdirty language

Strong matches (56)

dirty moviedirty namedirty talkdirty worddisgustingness dysphemism earthiness epitheterotic arterotic literatureeroticism eroticomania erotographomania erotomaniaevil speakingexcrement expletive fescenninity film filth

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filthinessfilthy languagefleshlinessfoul invectivefoul languagefoul matterfoulness fulsomenessfuror uterinusgangrene gaudiness goatishness grossness gynecomania harshness hatefulness heinousness horniness hysteromania iconolagny ignobility impurity lasciviousness lecherousness lechery lewdness libidinousness lickerishness loathsomeness

Noun(6 words)

dirty wordfilth indecencyindecent materialindelicacy lewdness

Adjective(1 words)

inappropriate language

Related words (93)

loudness lubriciousness lubricity lust lustfulness meretriciousness mess muck mucus nastinessnaughty wordnauseousnessno nono-no noisomeness noxiousness nymphomania oath objectionability objectionableness

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obnoxiousness odiousness offensiveness ordurepornographic artpornographic literaturepornographomania pornographyprofane oathprofane swearingprofanity prurience pruriency pus putridity putridness rabelaisianism randiness rawness rebarbativeness repellence repellency repugnance repulsiveness ribaldry rot rottenness roughness rudeness salaciousness salacity satyriasis satyrism scatology scurf scurrility scuz sensuality sexiness sexploitation sexualityskin flickslime smut smuttiness snotsoft-core pornographystag filmstrong languageswearing swearwordunparliamentary languageunrepeatable expressionsunspeakableness uteromaniavile languagevilenessvulgar languagex-rated movie

Noun(13 words)

obscenities pornography profanation raunchiness salaciousness salacitysmut on clothingsmuttiness swears swearwords taboo vulgarism vulgarity

Verb(1 words)

swore

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More general

12 entries

constitutional categoryethical categoryexpressive qualityimpropriety indecencylegal conceptmoral conceptmoral standardmoral toneprofanitysocial offensesocial value

More specific

9 entries

explicit depictionexplicit insultgraphic depictiongraphic profanitygross obscenityhardcore materialprurient mattervisual obscenityvulgar language

Collocations

6 entries

obscene contentobscene materialobscenity lawsobscenity standardobscenity trialpublic obscenity

Inflections

1 entries

obscenities

Derivations

2 entries

obscene obscenely

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Obscenity is whatever happens to shock some elderly and ignorant magistrate.

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In court facing charges of obscenity, the American actress Mae West was asked by the judge if she was trying to show disrespect to the court, whereupon she answered, "No, your honor, I'm trying not to show it".

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That is an obscenity!

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Warning, no obscenity.

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