Synonyms for obscene
- adjective
Most common
lewd indecent salacious smutty offensive disgusting corruptive
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Lewd — lewd or lustful
lewd, indecent, salacious, smutty, raunchy, bawdy, ribald, profane, lascivious, impure, coarse, unchaste, immodest, indelicate, licentious, loose, racy, naughty, wanton, libidinous, lustful, adult
2. Disgusting — disgusting or repulsive
offensive, disgusting, dirty, vulgar, immoral, filthy, repugnant, abhorrent, gross, nasty, repulsive, foul, vile, distasteful, revolting, shameful, scurrilous, obnoxious, sickening, shocking, despicable, loathsome
3. Corruptive — liable to corrupt or deprave
Definitions
- adj. 1
Lewd or lustful.
- adj. 2
Disgusting or repulsive.
- adj. 3
Liable to corrupt or deprave.
Related words
- Word family
- obscenely obscenery obscenicon obscenity
- Is a kind of
- exciting immoral offensive sexual unreserved
Example sentences
- indecent Sorry, I can't tell you my name. It's too indecent.
- lewd Tom was accused of performing a lewd act in public.
- salacious He goaded him on to ever more salacious revelations.
- disgusting What's the most disgusting food you've ever eaten?
- filthy Every seat was so filthy, I stood the whole way.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| obscene | falling | |
| indecent | steady | |
| lewd | steady | |
| salacious | rising | |
| smutty | rising | |
| disgusting | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- foul1, vile1, lewd1, racy2
- 5 letters
- adult2, loose1, dirty2, gross1, nasty2, bawdy2
- 6 letters
- filthy2, vulgar2, coarse1, impure2, wanton2, smutty2, ribald2
- 7 letters
- naughty2, immoral3, profane2, raunchy2, lustful2
- 8 letters
- shocking2, shameful2, indecent3, immodest, unchaste
- 9 letters
- offensive3, obnoxious3, sickening3, repulsive3, abhorrent3, revolting3, repugnant3, loathsome2, salacious3
- 10 letters
- disgusting3, despicable4, lascivious4, scurrilous3, licentious3, libidinous, indelicate4, corruptive3, perversive
- 11 letters
- distasteful3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (racy2 = 2 syllables).