obscene words

  • 1Obscene — Ob*scene , a. [L. obscenus, obscaenus, obscoenus, ill looking, filthy, obscene: cf. F. obsc[ e]ne.] [1913 Webster] 1. Offensive to chastity or modesty; expressing or presenting to the mind or view something which delicacy, purity, and decency… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2obscene — gross, vulgar, ribald, *coarse Analogous words: indecent, indelicate, *indecorous: lewd, lascivious, wanton, *licentious: foul, nasty, *dirty Antonyms: decent …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 3obscene language — Words calculated to corrupt morals or excite libidinous thoughts, irrespective of whether the words themselves are impure. 33 Am J1st Lewd etc. § 4. In reference to use of the mails: offensive to chastity; foul and filthy so as to be offensive to …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 4Obscene Publications Act 1959 — United Kingdom Parliament …

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  • 5obscene — Objectionable or offensive to accepted standards of decency. Basic guidelines for trier of fact in determining whether a work which depicts or describes sexual conduct is obscene is whether the average person, applying contemporary community… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 6obscene language — ➡ swear words * * * …

    Universalium

  • 7obscene — Synonyms and related words: Cyprian, Fescennine, Paphian, Rabelaisian, abhorrent, abominable, abusive, amoral, animal, aphrodisiomaniacal, atrocious, awful, barnyard, base, bawdy, beastly, below contempt, beneath contempt, blasphemous, blue,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 8obscene language — foul language, rude words, course language …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 9Poison words — Poison words, or forbidden words, is the name given to words or phrases that trigger suspicion, mistrust and loss of respect, or are of inappropriate character for a given web site in its consideration for a search engine.There is no definite… …

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  • 10List of words having different meanings in British and American English: A–L — Differences between American and British English American English …

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