OBSCENE

obscene. Obscene, a. immodest, filthy, nasty, disgusting

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Ob‐scene″ (?), a. [[L. obscenus, obscaenus, obscoenus, ill looking, filthy, obscene: cf. F. obscéne.]] 1. 1. Offensive to chastity or modesty; expressing or presenting to the mind or view something which delicacy, purity, and decency forbid to be exposed; impure; as, obscene language; obscene pictures.
Words that were once chaste, by frequent use grew obscene and uncleanly. I. Watts. 2. 2. Foul; fifthy; disgusting.
A girdle foul with grease binds his obscene attire. Dryden. 3. 3. Inauspicious; ill-omened.
At the cheerful light, The groaning ghosts and birds obscene take flight. Dryden. Syn. — Impure; immodest; indecent; unchaste; lewd. — Ob‐scene″ly, adv. — Ob‐scene″ness, n.