obscene
adjective/əbˈsiːn/
/əbˈsiːn/
- connected with sex in a way that most people find offensive
- obscene gestures/language/books
- an obscene phone call (= in which somebody says obscene things)
- The book was declared obscene.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- look
- consider something
- …
- really
- utterly
- almost
- …
- something obscene
- extremely large in size or amount in a way that most people find unacceptable and offensive synonym outrageous
- He earns an obscene amount of money.
- It's obscene to spend so much on food when millions are starving.
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French obscène or Latin obscaenus ‘ill-omened or abominable’.
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