adj., adv. a highly subjective reference to material or acts whic...

1590s, "offensive to the senses, or to taste and refinement," from Middle French obscène (16c.), from Latin obscenus "offensive," especially to modesty, originally "boding ill [..]

very offensive or disgusting.

A description of material that the average person, applying contemporary standards in their community, would find appeals to the prurient interest in sex, with no legitimate artistic, literary, or sci [..]

designed to incite to indecency or lust; "the dance often becomes flagrantly obscene"-Margaret Mead abhorrent: offensive to the mind; "an abhorrent deed& [..]

[Middle French, from Latin obscenus obscaenus indecent, lewd] : extremely or deeply offensive according to contemporary community standards of morality or decency see also Roth v. United States in ...

Offensive to accepted standards of decency or modesty.

Obscene means “the present critical point in the compromise between candor and shame at which the community may have arrived here and now.” Hallmark Productions, Inc. v. Mosley, 190 F.2d 904, 910 (8th [..]

(adj) designed to incite to indecency or lust(adj) offensive to the mind(adj) suggestive of or tending to moral looseness

ADV obscenely| so as to involve obscenity (of langauge)| indecently| lewdly

a highly subjective reference to material or acts which display or describe sexual activity in a manner appealing only to "prurient interest," with no legitimate artistic, literary o [..]

adj., adv. a highly subjective reference to material or acts which display or describe sexual activity in a manner appealing only to "prurient interest," with no legitimate artistic, literar [..]

Offensive to current standards of decency or morality Lewd or lustful Disgusting or repulsive Beyond all reason Liable to deprave or corrupt