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obscene
adjective
- offensive to one's feelings, or to prevailing notions, of modesty or decency; lewd
- disgusting; repulsive
- Law designating or of books, films, etc. which when judged by contemporary community standards, are found to appeal to a prurient interest in sex, be patently offensive, and have no serious artistic, scientific, or social value
Related Forms:
- obscenely adverb
See obscene in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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