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Another word for obscene

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Adjective

  1. Offensive to accepted standards of decency

    See also:

    decent

  2. Beyond all reason

    Idioms:
    See also:

    usual

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Another word for obscene

Modifier

  1. Lewd

    See also:

    ribald

    lewd

  2. Foul

    See also:

    coarse

    offensive

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Sentence Examples

  • They leered, and one made an obscene gesture.

  • How little effect this had, however, is shown by the fact that in 1265 Odo, archbishop of Sens, could do no more than prohibit the obscene excesses of the feast, without abolishing the feast itself; that in 1444 the university of Paris, at the request of certain bishops, addressed a letter condemning it to all cathedral chapters; and that King Charles VII.

  • Obscene books are forbidden; the classics, however, are authorized for educational purposes (Nos.

  • Here he began to write plays and obscene novels.

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