verb · intransitive · rare

obscene

ob·scene

obscene · obscenes · obscened · obscening

To act or speak in an obscene mannerTo act or speak in an obscene manner; to offend.

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UK/əbˈsiːn/US/əbˈsin/

» Tom is obscene.

Tom ist obszön.

Том непристойний.

Meaning

1 senses

(rare)To act or speak in an obscene manner; to offend.

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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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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Forms

obscenes, obscening, obscened, obscened

Base form	obscene · to obscene
3rd person singular	obscenes
Present participle	obscening
Past simple	obscened
Past participle	obscened

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	obscene
he, she, it	obscenes

Past simpleLesson

all persons

obscened

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have obscened
he, she, it	has obscened

Future simple (will)Lesson