Obscenity synonyms

ŏb-sĕn'ĭ-tē, əb-

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salacity
(Countable) An act which is salacious (lewd, obscene or bawdy).
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vulgarity
The quality or condition of being vulgar.
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scurrility
The quality of being vulgar, coarse, or abusive.
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impropriety
(Countable) An improper act.
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smut
(Uncountable) Sexually vulgar material; something that is sexual in a dirty way; pornographic material.
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lewdness (related)
The property of being lewd.
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indecency (related)
Of speech, the state of being crude and offensive, typically in a sexual manner.
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pornography (related)
Pornography is written, printed or video material that contains sexually explicit images or content that some people find to be arousing.
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morality (antonym)
Virtuous conduct:
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propriety (antonym)
Propriety is the quality of being appropriate, suitable or following the proper custom.
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innocence (antonym)
Freedom from sin, moral wrong, or guilt through lack of knowledge of evil.
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purity (antonym)
The quality or condition of being pure
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decency (antonym)
The state or quality of being decent; propriety.
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cleanness (antonym)
The definition of cleanness means not being dirty or tainted.
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uprightness (antonym)
(Countable) The result or product of being upright.
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bawdiness
The state or characteristic of being bawdy.
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coarseness
The property of being coarse, roughness or primitiveness, unrefined or unpolished.
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dirtiness
The quality or state of being obscene
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filthiness
The property of being filthy
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foulness
An island off the east coast of Essex where the Thames estuary joins the North Sea.
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grossness
Lack of refinement in character, behaviour etc.; coarseness.
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profaneness
The quality of being profane; profanity.
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profanity
Something profane; esp., profane language or the use of profane language
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scurrilousness
The property of being scurrilous.
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smuttiness
The state or quality of being smutty.
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vulgarness
Quality of being vulgar.
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raunch
Material or a performance that is sexually explicit or evocative:
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raunchiness
The characteristic of being raunchy.
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dirt
A filthy or soiling substance, such as mud or dust.
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filth
Disgustingly offensive dirt, garbage, etc.
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ribaldry
An example of ribald language or humor
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scatology
Obscenity or obsession with the obscene, esp. with excrement or excretion, in literature
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decent (related)
The quality or state of being obscene
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salaciousness
The state or characteristic of being salacious.
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vulgarism
A word, phrase, or expression that is used widely but is regarded as nonstandard, unrefined, coarse, or obscene
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dirty-word
(Idiomatic) The name of a topic that a person does not like to hear or discuss.
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slander (related)
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blasphemy (related)
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foul-language (related)
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bad-language (related)
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curse (related)
The definition of a curse is a swear word or a bad word or the state of bad luck caused by someone wishing evil or injury to happen to someone else.
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Obscenity Sentence Examples

  • For as a matter of fact obscenity no less than impiety was charged against him by his ultra-orthodox enemies, and the obscenity no less than the supposed impiety gave them a handle against him before such bodies as the Sorbonne and the parliaments.

  • That all such words as sound in the old translation to any offence of lightness or obscenity be expressed with more convenient terms and phrases."

  • The state of the prison, the desperation of the prisoners, broadly hinted in their conversation and plainly expressed in their conduct, the uproar of oaths, complaints and obscenity, the indescribable stench, presented together a concentration of the utmost misery and the utmost guilt."

  • While some states actually have strong legislative wording which protects a woman's right to nurse her baby, other states simply leave out breastfeeding in public when listing the crimes that fall under indecent exposure or obscenity.

  • The Female Nude: Art, Obscenity, and Sexuality.

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