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obscene
adjective
Suggestive of or tending to moral looseness
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əbˈsiːn
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adjective
Suggestive of or tending to moral looseness
“Lewd pictures”
adjective
Designed to incite to indecency or lust
“{'source': 'Margaret Mead', 'text': 'the dance often becomes flagrantly obscene'}”
adjective
Offensive to the mind
“An abhorrent deed”
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Lewd pictures
Obscene telephone calls
Salacious limericks
{'source': 'Margaret Mead', 'text': 'the dance often becomes flagrantly obscene'}
An abhorrent deed
The obscene massacre at Wounded Knee
Morally repugnant customs
Repulsive behavior
The most repulsive character in recent novels
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