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obscenity
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of OBSCENITY
1
the quality or state of being obscene <the issue of whether obscenity is a fundamental part of rap music>
Synonyms bawdiness, blueness, coarseness, crudeness, crudity, dirt, dirtiness, filth, filthiness, foulness, grossness, impureness, impurity, indecency, lasciviousness, lewdness, nastiness, profanity, raunch, raunchiness, ribaldry, smut, smuttiness, vulgarity, wantonness
Related Words broadness, earthiness, gaminess, raciness, saltiness, suggestiveness; immodesty, indecorousness, indelicacy, indelicateness, lowness, unbecomingness; lechery; depravedness, depravity, kinkiness, naughtiness, perverseness, perversion, perversity, pervertedness, wickedness; exceptionability, objectionableness, unacceptability, undesirability; reprehensibility, reprehensibleness; abusiveness, scurrilousness; atrociousness, atrocity, infamy, loathsomeness, offensiveness, repellency, repugnance, repulsiveness; distastefulness, obnoxiousness, unpleasantness
Near Antonyms priggery, priggishness, primness, prudery, prudishness, puritanism; correctness, decency, decorousness, decorum, seemliness; appropriateness, fitness, suitability, suitableness; immaculateness, perfection, purity, spotlessness
2
a disrespectful or indecent word or expression <uttered a loud obscenity when he dropped the hammer on his toe>
Synonyms curse, cuss, cussword, dirty word, expletive, four-letter word, obscenity, profanity, swear, vulgarism
Related Words bawdry, language, scurrility; execration, imprecation, malediction; epithet, name; oath
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