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obscenity

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of obscenity

1 the quality or state of being obscene

the song couldn't be performed on the air due to the obscenity of the lyrics

Synonyms of obscenity

bawdiness, blueness, coarseness, crudeness, crudity, dirt, dirtiness, filth, filthiness, foulness, grossness, impureness, impurity, indecency, lasciviousness, lewdness, nastiness, profanity, raunch, raunchiness, ribaldry, smut, smuttiness, vulgarity, wantonness

Words Related to obscenity

broadness, earthiness, gaminess, raciness, saltiness, suggestiveness

immodesty, indecorousness, indelicacy, indelicateness, lowness, unbecomingness

depravedness, depravity, kinkiness, naughtiness, perverseness, perversion, perversity, pervertedness, wickedness

exceptionability, objectionableness, unacceptability, undesirability

reprehensibility, reprehensibleness

abusiveness, scurrilousness

atrociousness, atrocity, infamy, loathsomeness, offensiveness, repellency, repugnance, repulsiveness

distastefulness, obnoxiousness, unpleasantness

Near Antonyms of obscenity

priggery, priggishness, primness, prudery, prudishness, puritanism

correctness, decency, decorousness, decorum, seemliness

appropriateness, fitness, suitability, suitableness

perfection, purity, spotlessness

2 a disrespectful or indecent word or expression

uttered a loud obscenity when he dropped the hammer on his toe

Synonyms of obscenity

curse, cuss, cussword, dirty word, expletive, four-letter word, profanity, swear, swearword, vulgarism

Words Related to obscenity

bawdry, language, scurrility

execration, imprecation, malediction

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