adjective · rare

obscene

ob·scene

obscene · obscener · obscenest

непристойний

развратный, неприличный, непристойный, похотливый

unanständig, obszön

Offensive to standards of decency or moralityOffensive to standards of decency or morality.

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UK/əbˈsiːn/US/əbˈsin/

» Tom is obscene.

Tom ist obszön.

Том непристойний.

Meaning

5 senses

Offensive to standards of decency or morality.
obszön, unanständig
обсце́нныйobscénnyj, неприли́чныйneprilíčnyj, непристо́йныйnepristójnyj
непристо́йнийneprystójnyj
offensive to the mind
Lewd or lustful.
похотли́выйpoxotlívyj, развра́тныйrazvrátnyj
Disgusting or repulsive.
(broadly)Beyond all reason; excessive.
(UK)Liable to corrupt or deprave.

Examples

20 sentences

Tom is obscene.
Том непристойний. — deniko
deTom ist obszön. — Felixjp
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It's an obscene thing.
Це непристойність. — deniko
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Please, no obscene language.
Будь ласка, без нецензурної лексики. — deniko
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For me, it's an obscene art.
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Wasting money like this is obscene.
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

offensive to current standards of decency or morality:

Русский

By meaning 2

offensive to current standards of decency or morality:

lewd or lustful:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

offensive to current standards of decency or morality:

Origin

From Middle French obscene (modern French obscène (“indecent, obscene”)), and from its ety

From Middle French obscene (modern French obscène (“indecent, obscene”)), and from its etymon Latin obscēnus, obscaenus (“inauspicious; ominous; disgusting, filthy; offensive, repulsive; indecent, lewd, obscene”).

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