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OBSCENITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An obscene act
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("obscenity" is a kind of...):
impropriety; indecency (an indecent or improper act)
Derivation:
obscene (offensive to the mind)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The trait of behaving in an obscene manner
Synonyms:
bawdiness; lewdness; obscenity; salaciousness; salacity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("obscenity" is a kind of...):
indecency (the quality of being indecent)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "obscenity"):
dirtiness; smuttiness (obscenity in speech or writing)
Derivation:
obscene (suggestive of or tending to moral looseness)
obscene (designed to incite to indecency or lust)
Sense 3
Meaning:
An offensive or indecent word or phrase
Synonyms:
dirty word; filth; obscenity; smut; vulgarism
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("obscenity" is a kind of...):
profanity (vulgar or irreverent speech or action)
Domain member usage:
ass; fuck; fucking; nookie; nooky; piece of ass; piece of tail; roll in the hay; screw; screwing; shag; shtup (slang for sexual intercourse)
cock; dick; pecker; prick; putz; shaft; tool (obscene terms for penis)
bull; bullshit; crap; dogshit; horseshit; Irish bull; shit (obscene words for unacceptable behavior)
chickenshit (a false statement that is considered to indicate timidity or fear)
asshole; bastard; cocksucker; dickhead; mother fucker; motherfucker; prick; shit; SOB; son of a bitch; whoreson (insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous)
pee; peeing; piss; pissing (informal terms for urination)
bugger all; Fanny Adams; fuck all; sweet Fanny Adams (little or nothing at all)
crap; dirt; poop; shit; shite; turd (obscene terms for feces)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "obscenity"):
bawdry; bawdy (lewd or obscene talk or writing)
scatology (a preoccupation with obscenity (especially that dealing with excrement or excretory functions))
Derivation:
obscene (offensive to the mind)
Domain member usage:
shitless ((used as complement) to the utmost degree)
