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