Word Type

Adjective

Adjective

Verb

The word "obscene" can be used as adjective, adjective and verb.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

nonobscene obscenely obsceneness obscenery obscenicon obscenist obscenometer unobscene

Context

law

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

exciting immoral impure sexual unreserved

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

hookerish pornographic promiscuous whorelike whorey whorish

Related Terms

obscenity obscenous obscenousness

Related Terms

beyond corrupt current decency deprave disgust excessive lewd liable lustful morality offensive reason repulsive standard

Similar Terms

dirty indecent indecent offensive

Synonym Network

detestable salacious

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.