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Meaning of obscene

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  obscene
      adj 1: designed to incite to indecency or lust; "the dance often
             becomes flagrantly obscene"-Margaret Mead
      2: offensive to the mind; "an abhorrent deed"; "the obscene
         massacre at Wounded Knee"; "morally repugnant customs";
         "repulsive behavior"; "the most repulsive character in recent
         novels" [syn: {abhorrent}, {detestable}, {obscene},
         {repugnant}, {repulsive}]
      3: suggestive of or tending to moral looseness; "lewd
         whisperings of a dirty old man"; "an indecent gesture";
         "obscene telephone calls"; "salacious limericks" [syn:
         {lewd}, {obscene}, {raunchy}, {salacious}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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