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obscenity

noun C2
  1. Something that is obscene. (countable) · Martha wouldn't go into the art museum because, as she put it, "They have obscenities just sitting out, on display!"
  2. An act of obscene behaviour. (countable) · Bestiality was outlawed as an obscenity in the strongly conservative community.
  3. Specifically, an offensive word; a profanity; a dirty word. (countable) · Eliza couldn't stand her daughter's music; as she saw it, it was just shouted obscenities and a heavy drum beat.
  4. Lewdness, indecency, or offensive behaviour or material. (uncountable)
  5. The fact of being obscene. (uncountable)

Plural obscenities

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Words, meanings, pronunciations and translations from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); how common each word is from wordfreq. Made into this dictionary by FluentPlex.