obscene
IPA: ɑbsˈin
verb
- (transitive, intransitive, rare) To act or speak in an obscene manner; to offend.
adjective
- Offensive to standards of decency or morality.
- Lewd or lustful.
- Disgusting or repulsive.
- (by extension) Beyond all reason; excessive.
- (chiefly Britain, criminal law) Liable to corrupt or deprave.
Examples of "obscene" in Sentences
- The humor is politely and subliminally obscene.
- If the passage is obscene, should it even be in the article
- All obscene and irreligious sights and sounds are to be avoided.
- Although obscene, the unofficial nickname of the division is what it is.
- Especially Hasbro toys, which are mass produced in obscene numbers. clueless schmo
- Obama also said his determination is heightened by reports of massive bank profits and what he called obscene bonuses.
- And just months later, a Chinese official accused the tech giant of spreading what he called obscene content via the Internet.
- This carbon loophole has allowed pollution giants like Exxon Mobil, Koch Industries, Peabody Coal, and Massey Energy to ravage the planet, sicken our children, and rake in obscene profits for decades.
- Karl Rove and his fellow GOP hatchetmen are raking in obscene amounts of undisclosed money, using it to lie to voters, all the while lying about the campaign finance fiasco that's allowing them to buy an election cycle.
- In its final form, this criminal statute prohibited trafficking in "obscene" materials related to sex or reproduction, and forbade the "use of any drug, medicine, article, or instrument for the purpose of preventing conception."
- Libyan Spider, one of the registered sellers of. ly domains, does state on its site that content must not contain "obscene and indecent names/phrases, including words of a sexual nature" and "sex" does seem to be a word of a sexual nature.
- What is unacceptable is to see bank officers continuing to rake in obscene salaries after mismanaging the banks for a decade, the financial elite manipulating the corporate and bankruptcy laws to free themselves of debt while maintaining their extravagant lifestyles, and the clueless politicians wasting their time on trivial matters while the rest of us slowly bleed to death.