obscene
[əb'sin]
a. 淫秽, 猥亵, 讨厌, 憎

[] 猥亵, 海, 污秽



obscene
[ adj ]

1. designed to incite to indecency or lust

<adj.all>
the dance often becomes flagrantly obscene

2. offensive to the mind

<adj.all>
an abhorrent deed
the obscene massacre at Wounded Knee
morally repugnant customs
repulsive behavior
the most repulsive character in recent novels

3. suggestive of or tending to moral looseness

<adj.all>
lewd whisperings of a dirty old man
an indecent gesture
obscene telephone calls
salacious limericks

Obscene \Ob*scene"\, a. [L. obscenus, obscaenus, obscoenus, ill
looking, filthy, obscene: cf. F. obsc['e]ne.]
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. Foul; fifthy; disgusting.

A girdle foul with grease binds his obscene attire.
--Dryden
(Aeneid, vi.
417).

3. Inauspicious; ill-omened. [R.] [A Latinism]

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.