obscene |əbˈsēn|
adjective
(of the portrayal or description of sexual matters) offensive or disgusting by accepted standards of morality and decency : obscene jokes | obscene literature.
• offensive to moral principles; repugnant : using animals’ skins for fur coats is obscene.
DERIVATIVES
obscenely adverb
ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from French obscène or Latin obscaenus ‘ill-omened or abominable.’