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Definition of Obscene
1. Adjective. Designed to incite to indecency or lust. "The dance often becomes flagrantly obscene"
2. Adjective. Offensive to the mind. "The most repulsive character in recent novels"
Similar to: Offensive
Derivative terms: Abhor, Abhorrence, Obscenity, Obscenity, Repugnance, Repel, Repel, Repulsiveness
3. Adjective. Suggestive of or tending to moral looseness. "Salacious limericks"
Similar to: Dirty
Derivative terms: Lewdness, Obscenity, Raunch, Salaciousness, Salacity
Definition of Obscene
1. a. Offensive to chastity or modesty; expressing or presenting to the mind or view something which delicacy, purity, and decency forbid to be exposed; impure; as, obscene language; obscene pictures.
Definition of Obscene
1. Adjective. Offensive to current standards of decency or morality ¹
2. Adjective. Lewd or lustful ¹
3. Adjective. Disgusting or repulsive ¹
4. Adjective. Beyond all reason ¹
5. Adjective. Liable to deprave or corrupt ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Obscene
1. indecent [adj -SCENER, -SCENEST] - See also: indecent
Lexicographical Neighbors of Obscene
Literary usage of Obscene
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on the Law of Crimes by William Lawrence Clark, William Lawrence Marshall, Herschel Bouton Lazell (1905)
"An obscene libel is an obscene writing, book, or print. ... To publish any obscene
writing or print, or any book containing obscene matter, by selling or ..."
2. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1914)
"obscene—OBSCENITY In Rev. St | 3893, as amended in 1888, making It a misdemeanor
to mail any obscene writing, the word "obscene" should be given fully as ..."
3. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1904)
"In a prosecution for the publication of an obscene libel, the court said: "That
It did not matter whether the things published in the book were true, ..."
4. A Practical Treatise on the Criminal Law: Comprising the Practice, Pleadings by Joseph Chitty, Richard Peters (1819)
"... a certain other wicked, nasty, filthy, bawdy, impious, and obscene libel, did
unlawfully, wickedly, and impiously sell and cause and procure to be sold, ..."
5. A Treatise on the Law of Criminal Evidence: Including the Rules Regulating by Harry Clay Underhill (1898)
"To sustain a conviction under this statute the following facts must be proved :
First, that the article or printed matter was obscene or intended for an ..."
6. A Treatise on Criminal Pleading and Practice by Francis Wharton (1889)
"And in any view it is proper on principle, that the obscene paper should be in
some way individuated.1 619 ; Com. v. Holmes, 17 Mass. 336 ; Com. v. ..."
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