scatological

Obsessed with waste

Scatological describes an interest in or preoccupation with excrement and bodily waste, particularly in humor or art.

Bathroom jokes and crude references to defecation are scatological humor.

The term also applies to scholarly study of fossilized feces or literary analysis of excremental themes: The comedian's scatological material isn't for everyone.

bodily

excrement

Solid bodily waste

stool · dung · manure · droppings · guano · coprolite · ordure · nightsoil · excretion · evacuation

obscene

profane

Irreverent toward the sacred

coarse · crass · filthy · dirty · foul-mouthed · offensive · lewd · smutty · raunchy · expletive

humor

lowbrow

Lacking intellectual depth

taboo-breaking · irreverent · bawdy · ribald · off-color · tasteless

disgust

disgusting

Provoking strong revulsion

gross · vile · foul · loathsome · repellent · sickening · stomach-turning · off-putting · yucky · icky

Categories
Opposites
refinement and propriety

scatologicalrefined

Purified or cultured

highbrow · elegant · tasteful · genteel · decorous

content cleanliness

scatologicalclean

Free of soil

wholesome · unobjectionable · family-friendly · innocuous · inoffensive

subject matter

scatologicalspiritual

Relating to the soul

cerebral · intellectual · philosophical · ethereal · transcendent

Phrases
Family

scat, scatology

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG-13