English-Thai Dictionary

obscenity

N ความลามก  ความ อนาจาร  indecency lewdness pornography kwam-la-mok

 

obscenity

N คำพูด หยาบคาย  ถ้อยคำ หยาบโลน  profanity vulgarism kam-phud-yab-kai

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

OBSCENITY

Ob *scen "i *ty, n.; pl. Obscenities. Etym: [L. obscentias: cf. F.obscénité. ]

 

Defn: That quality in words or things which presents what is offensive to chasity or purity of mind; obscene or impure lanquage or acts; moral impurity; lewdness; obsceneness; as, the obscenity of a speech, or a picture. Mr. Cowley asserts plainly, that obscenity has no place in wit. Dryden. No pardon vile obscenity should find. Pope.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

obscenity

ob scen i ty |əbˈsenitē əbˈsɛnədi | ▶noun ( pl. obscenities ) the state or quality of being obscene; obscene behavior, language, or images: the book was banned for obscenity. • an extremely offensive word or expression: the men scowled and muttered obscenities. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from French obscénité or Latin obscaenitas, from obscaenus (see obscene ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

obscenity

ob ¦scen |ity |əbˈsɛnɪti | ▶noun ( pl. obscenities ) [ mass noun ] the state or quality of being obscene: the book was banned for obscenity. • obscene behaviour, language, or images: a stream of invective and obscenity. • [ count noun ] an extremely offensive word or expression: the men scowled and muttered obscenities. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from French obscénité or Latin obscaenitas, from obscaenus (see obscene ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

obscenity

obscenity noun 1 the over-the-top obscenity of the musical interludes: indecency, immorality, impropriety, salaciousness, smuttiness, smut, lewdness, impurity, crudeness, vulgarity, dirtiness, dirt, filth, coarseness, crudity; profanity; eroticism, carnality, lasciviousness, licentiousness. 2 he attacked, first with obscenities, and then with fists: expletive, swear word, oath, profanity, curse, four-letter word, dirty word, blasphemy; informal cuss, cuss word; formal imprecation. 3 he was an army officer so he knows about the obscenity of war: atrocity, (act of ) brutality, (act of ) cruelty, (act of ) savagery, (act of ) inhumanity, crime, evil.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

obscenity

obscenity noun 1 the book was banned on the grounds of obscenity: indecency, immorality, impropriety, salaciousness, smuttiness, smut, lewdness, rudeness, vulgarity, dirtiness, dirt, filthiness, filth, foulness, coarseness, crudeness, grossness, vileness, nastiness, impurity, immodesty, indelicacy, indecorousness, unwholesomeness, scabrousness, ribaldry, bawdiness, suggestiveness, eroticism, carnality, lasciviousness, lechery, licentiousness, libidinousness, degeneracy, depravity, amorality, debauchery, dissoluteness, prurience; scatology, profanity, profaneness; rare bawdry, salacity, lubricity. 2 he was an army officer so he knows about the obscenity of war: atrocity, act of brutality, act of savagery, evil, crime, outrage, offence, abomination, enormity. 3 the men scowled and muttered obscenities: curse, oath, swear word, expletive, profanity, four-letter word, dirty word, blasphemy, imprecation, malediction, vulgarism, vulgarity; swearing, bad /foul language, strong language; informal cuss, cuss word.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

obscenity

ob scen i ty /əbsénəti, -síːn -/名詞 複 -ties 1 U 卑猥 （ひわい ）(さ ), わいせつ (であること ).2 C 〖通例 -ties 〗卑猥な言葉 [しぐさ ].3 U (行為の )残忍さ, むごさ .