obscene

English

Alternative forms

• obscæne (archaic)

Etymology

Ultimately from the Latin obscēnus, obscaenus, perhaps viâ Middle French; compare the Modern French obscène.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ŏb-sēn', IPA: /ɑbˈsin/, X-SAMPA: /Ab"sin/

• Rhymes: -iːn

Adjective

obscene (comparative more obscene, superlative most obscene)

1. Offensive to current standards of decency or morality
2. Lewd or lustful
3. Disgusting or repulsive
4. Beyond all reason
5. Liable to deprave or corrupt

Usage notes

• The comparative obscener and superlative obscenest, though formed by valid rules for English, are less common than more obscene and most obscene.

Translations

offensive to current standards of decency or morality

• Catalan: obscè (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 粗俗的 (cmn) (cūsú de); 下流的 (cmn) (xiàliú de)

• Czech: sprostý (cs)
• Finnish: säädytön (fi), siveetön (fi), rivo (fi)
• French: obscène (fr)
• German: unanständig (de), obszön (de)
• Greek: αισχρός (el) (aiskhrós) m , αισχρή (el) (aiskhrí) f , αισχρό (el) (aiskhró) n 
• Italian: osceno (it), laido (it), disdicevole (it), immorale (it), indecente (it), sconcio (it)

• Macedonian: непристоен (mk) (neprístoen) m, срамотен (mk) (srámoten) m, безобразен (mk) (bezóbrazen) m
• Polish: nieprzyzwoity (pl), sprośny (pl)
• Russian: непристойный (ru) (nepristójnyj) , неприличный (ru) (neprilíčnyj) , пошлый (ru) (póšlyj) , развратный (ru) (razvrátnyj) 
• Serbo-Croatian: непристојан (sh), nepristojan (sh)
• Spanish: obsceno (es)

lewd or lustful

• Catalan: obscè (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 淫穢的 (cmn), 淫秽的 (cmn) (yínhuì de)

• Finnish: himokas (fi), rietas (fi)

disgusting or repulsive

• Catalan: obscè (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 可憎的 (cmn) (kězēng de); 令人讨厌的 (cmn) (lìngrén tǎoyàn de)

• Finnish: kuvottava (fi)

beyond all reason

• Catalan: obscè (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: hillitön (fi)

liable to deprave or corrupt

• Catalan: obscè (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: moraaliton (fi), heikkoluonteinen (fi)

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Translations to be checked

• French: obscène
• German: obszön, zotig, unanständig

• Latin: obscenus
• Romanian: obscen
• Telugu: బండ (baNDa)

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Latin

Adjective

obscēne

1. vocative masculine singular of obscēnus

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Romanian

Noun

obscene f pl

1. Plural form of obscenă