English noun: obscenity |
1. | obscenity (attribute) the trait of behaving in an obscene manner |
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| Synonyms | bawdiness, lewdness, salaciousness, salacity |
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| Broader (hypernym) | indecency |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | dirtiness, smuttiness |
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2. | obscenity (communication) an offensive or indecent word or phrase |
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| Synonyms | dirty word, filth, smut, vulgarism |
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| Broader (hypernym) | profanity |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | bawdry, bawdy, scatology |
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| Domain usage members | ass, asshole, bastard, bugger all, bull, bullshit, chickenshit, cock, cocksucker, crap, crap, dick, dickhead, dirt, dogshit, Fanny Adams, fuck, fuck all, fucking, horseshit, Irish bull, mother fucker, motherfucker, nookie, nooky, pecker, pee, peeing, peter, piece of ass, piece of tail, piss, pissing, poop, prick, prick, putz, roll in the hay, screw, screwing, shaft, shag, shit, shit, shit, shite, shitless, shtup, SOB, son of a bitch, sweet Fanny Adams, tool, turd, whoreson |
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3. | obscenity (act) an obscene act |
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| Broader (hypernym) | impropriety, indecency |
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