Obscenity is whatever happens to shock some elderly and ignorant magistrate.
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Obscenity
Synonyms for "obscenity" (175 found)
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Strong matches (53)
dirty languagedirty moviedirty namedirty talkdirty worddisgustingnessdysphemismearthinessepitheterotic arterotic literatureeroticismeroticomaniaerotographomaniaerotomaniaevil speakingexcrementexpletivefescenninityfilm
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filthfilthinessfilthy languagefleshlinessfoul invectivefoul languagefoul matterfoulnessfulsomenessfuror uterinusgangrenegaudinessgoatishnessgrossnessgynecomaniaharshnesshatefulnessheinousnesshorninesshysteromaniaiconolagnyignobilityimpuritylasciviousnesslecherousnesslecherylewdnesslibidinousnesslickerishnessloathsomeness
Noun(3 words)
Related words (87)
loudnesslubriciousnesslubricitylustlustfulnessmeretriciousnessmessmuckmucusnastinessnaughty wordnauseousnessno nono-nonoisomenessnoxiousnessnymphomaniaoathobjectionabilityobjectionableness
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obnoxiousnessodiousnessoffensivenessordurepornographic artpornographic literaturepornographomaniapornographyprofane oathprofane swearingprofanitypruriencepruriencypusputridityputridnessrabelaisianismrandinessrawnessrebarbativenessrepellencerepellencyrepugnancerepulsivenessribaldryrotrottennessroughnessrudenesssalaciousnesssalacitysatyriasissatyrismscatologyscurfscurrilityscuzsensualitysexinesssexploitationsexualityskin flickslimesmutsmuttinesssnotsoft-core pornographystag filmstrong languageswearingswearwordunparliamentary languageunrepeatable expressionsunspeakablenessuteromaniavile languagevilenessvulgar languagevulgarityx-rated movie
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8 entriesTranslations
28 translations across 24 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- lapërdhi noun (something that is obscene)
Catalan
1 entries- obscenitat noun (something that is obscene)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 淫穢 /淫秽 noun (something that is obscene)
- 猥褻 /猥亵 noun (something that is obscene)
Czech
1 entries- oplzlost noun (something that is obscene)
French
1 entries- obscénité noun (something that is obscene)
Galician
1 entries- obscenidade noun (something that is obscene)
German
1 entries- Obszönität noun (something that is obscene)
Hebrew
1 entries- פריצות noun (something that is obscene)
Hindi
1 entries- अश्लीलता noun (something that is obscene)
Italian
2 entries- oscenità noun (something that is obscene)
- turpiloquio noun (something that is obscene)
Japanese
1 entries- 猥褻 noun (something that is obscene)
Latin
1 entries- obscēnitās noun (something that is obscene)
Malayalam
1 entries- അശ്ലീലം noun (something that is obscene)
Maltese
1 entries- oxxenità noun (something that is obscene)
Polish
1 entries- obsceniczność noun (something that is obscene)
Portuguese
1 entries- obscenidade noun (something that is obscene)
Russian
2 entries- непристо́йность noun (something that is obscene)
- поха́бщина noun (something that is obscene)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- drabasdachd noun (something that is obscene)
- draosdachd noun (something that is obscene)
Slovak
1 entries- oplzlosť noun (something that is obscene)
Spanish
1 entries- obscenidad noun (something that is obscene)
Swedish
1 entries- obscenitet noun (something that is obscene)
Tagalog
1 entries- kalaswaan noun (something that is obscene)
Tamil
1 entries- அசிங்கம் noun (something that is obscene)
Telugu
1 entries- బూతు noun (something that is obscene)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
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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