Synonyms and Antonyms of obscenity
1
the quality or state of being obscene
- the song couldn't be performed on the air due to the obscenity of the lyrics
bawdiness, blueness, coarseness, crudeness, crudity, dirt, dirtiness, filth, filthiness, foulness, grossness, impureness, impurity, indecency, lasciviousness, lewdness, nastiness, profanity, raunch, raunchiness, ribaldry, smut, smuttiness, vulgarity, wantonness
broadness, earthiness, gaminess, raciness, saltiness, suggestiveness
immodesty, indecorousness, indelicacy, indelicateness, lowness, unbecomingness
lechery
depravedness, depravity, kinkiness, naughtiness, perverseness, perversion, perversity, pervertedness, wickedness
exceptionability, objectionableness, unacceptability, undesirability
reprehensibility, reprehensibleness
abusiveness, scurrilousness
atrociousness, atrocity, infamy, loathsomeness, offensiveness, repellency, repugnance, repulsiveness
distastefulness, obnoxiousness, unpleasantness
priggery, priggishness, primness, prudery, prudishness, puritanism
correctness, decency, decorousness, decorum, seemliness
appropriateness, fitness, suitability, suitableness
perfection, purity, spotlessness
2
a disrespectful or indecent word or expression
- uttered a loud obscenity when he dropped the hammer on his toe
