obscenity.
Something that is obscene.
Meaning & usage
Something that is obscene.
Martha wouldn't go into the art museum because, as she put it, "They have obscenities just sitting out, on display!"
An act of obscene behaviour.
Bestiality was outlawed as an obscenity in the strongly conservative community.
Specifically, an offensive word; a profanity; a dirty word.
Eliza couldn't stand her daughter's music; as she saw it, it was just shouted obscenities and a heavy drum beat.
Lewdness, indecency, or offensive behaviour or material.
The coalition of religious conservatives was campaigning against, in their view, rampant obscenity in the entertainment industry.
The fact of being obscene.
Where this word comes from
From obscene + -ity, from Latin obscenitas.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.