Synonyms of the word obscenity


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obscenity

  • n. (countable) Something that is obscene.
  • n. (countable) An act of obscene behaviour.
  • n. (countable) Specifically, an offensive word; a profanity; a dirty word.
  • n. (uncountable) The qualities that make something obscene; lewdness, indecency, or offensive behaviour.

bawdiness

  • n. The state or characteristic of being bawdy.
  • n. A bawdy remark.

filth

  • n. Dirt; foul matter; that which soils or defiles.
  • n. Smut; that which sullies or defiles the moral character; corruption; pollution.
  • n. (Britain, pejorative, slang, with definite article) The police.
  • n. (US, agriculture, dated) Weeds growing on pasture land.

impropriety

  • n. (uncountable) The condition of being improper.
  • n. (countable) An improper act.
  • n. Improper language.

indecency

  • n. lack of decency; the property or degree of being indecent.
  • n. something showing lack of decency; something such as a word that is indecent.

lewdness

  • n. The property of being lewd.

profanity

  • n. (uncountable) The quality of being profane.
  • n. (countable) Obscene, lewd or abusive language.

salaciousness

  • n. The state or characteristic of being salacious.

salacity

  • n. (uncountable) The state or quality of being salacious; lewdness, obscenity, bawdiness.
  • n. (countable) An act which is salacious, (lewd, obscene or bawdy).

smut

  • n. (uncountable) Soot.
  • n. (countable) A flake of ash or soot.
  • n. (uncountable) Sexually vulgar material; something that is sexual in a dirty way; pornographic material.
  • n. (uncountable) Obscene language; ribaldry; obscenity.
  • n. (derogatory) A promiscuous woman.
  • n. Any of a range of fungi, mostly Ustilaginomycetes, that cause plant disease in grasses, including cereal…
  • n. (mining) Bad, soft coal containing earthy matter, found in the immediate locality of faults.
  • v. To stain (or be stained) with soot etc.
  • v. (intransitive) To gather smut; to be converted into smut; to become smutted.
  • v. To taint (grain, etc.) with the smut fungus.
  • v. To clear of the smut fungus.

vulgarism

  • n. (grammar) A word or term that is considered offensive or vulgar.
  • n. A spelling, word, or phrase used in common speech that is considered improper or incorrect for formal…

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