obscene
Deeply offensive material
Obscene describes material or behavior that offends standards of decency, particularly regarding sex.
Obscene language, obscene gestures, obscene images.
Legal definitions of obscenity focus on sexual content lacking artistic or social value.
More loosely, obscene can mean morally outrageous: obscene wealth, obscene profits.
The CEO's bonus was obscene given the layoffs.
Irreverent toward the sacred
dirty · crass · uncouth · scurrilous · indecent · gross · tasteless · lowbrow
Sexually explicit in content
- salaciousLewdly interested in intimacy
- lasciviousOvertly sexual in manner
- prurientObsessed with sexual matters
- eroticSexually stimulating
smutty · risque · bawdy · ribald · raunchy · libidinous · carnal · sensual
Profane emotional utterance
- swearwordTaboo spoken obscenity
- curseInvoked harm through words
- cussingUsing profane language
- four-letterDescribing brief obscenities
invective · imprecation · blasphemous · vitriolic · abusive · scatological · unprintable · unutterable
Not allowed
- censoredSuppressed from publication
- bannedOfficially disallowed
- unmentionableToo shameful to discuss
- proscribedFormally forbidden by authority
illicit · verboten · inappropriate · unseemly · stigmatized · transgressive · indecorous · improper
Extremely distasteful or offensive
- disgustingProvoking strong revulsion
- repulsiveCausing strong disgust
- revoltingCausing strong disgust
- abhorrentCausing intense revulsion
vile · nasty · repellent · loathsome · odious · objectionable · distasteful · sickening
Shockingly bad or excessive
- appallingInspiring horror or disgust
- scandalousMorally offensive or shocking
- shamelessLacking moral embarrassment
- brazenShamelessly bold
egregious · flagrant · unconscionable · monstrous · atrocious · deplorable · heinous · unspeakable
profane
Irreverent toward the sacred
filthy · dirty · crass · uncouth · scurrilous · indecent · gross · tasteless · lowbrow · gutter
pornographic
Sexually explicit in content
- salaciousLewdly interested in intimacy
- lasciviousOvertly sexual in manner
- prurientObsessed with sexual matters
erotic · smutty · risque · bawdy · ribald · raunchy · libidinous · carnal · sensual · lurid
expletive
Profane emotional utterance
four-letter · invective · imprecation · blasphemous · vitriolic · abusive · scatological · unprintable · unutterable · locker-room
forbidden
Not allowed
- censoredSuppressed from publication
- bannedOfficially disallowed
- unmentionableToo shameful to discuss
proscribed · illicit · verboten · inappropriate · unseemly · stigmatized · transgressive · indecorous · improper · unpublishable
repugnant
Extremely distasteful or offensive
- disgustingProvoking strong revulsion
- repulsiveCausing strong disgust
- revoltingCausing strong disgust
abhorrent · vile · nasty · repellent · loathsome · odious · objectionable · distasteful · sickening · nauseating
outrageous
Shockingly bad or excessive
- appallingInspiring horror or disgust
- scandalousMorally offensive or shocking
- shamelessLacking moral embarrassment
brazen · egregious · flagrant · unconscionable · monstrous · atrocious · deplorable · heinous · unspeakable · unthinkable
- risquerisque, racy, bawdy, ribald, suggestive
- vulgarcrude, crass, coarse, vulgar, rude
- vulgarityvulgar humor, crude, crass, coarse, profanity
- disgustdisgust, disgusting, disgusted, revulsion, repulsion
- Shakespeare phrasesto be or not to be, et tu Brute, all the world's a stage, out damned spot, friends Romans countrymen
obsceneG-rated
Appropriate for children
family-friendly · innocent · virginal · chaste · pure
obsceneinoffensive
Causing no displeasure
unobjectionable · acceptable · innocuous · tasteful · appropriate
- obscenely wealthy
- obscenity lawsLegal restrictions on offensive expression
- obscenity trialLegal proceeding over indecent content