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Obscenity

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.

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Bawdry 76% connected

The practice of procuring women for the gratification of lust.

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Bawdy 76% connected

Dirty; foul; -- said of clothes.

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Dirtiness 76% connected

The state of being dirty; filthiness; foulness; nastiness; baseness; sordidness.

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Impropriety 76% connected

The quality of being improper; unfitness or unsuitableness to character, time place, or circumstances; as, impropriety of behavior or manners.

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Indecency 76% connected

The quality or state of being indecent; want of decency, modesty, or good manners; obscenity.

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Profanity 76% connected

The quality or state of being profane; profaneness; irreverence; esp., the use of profane language; blasphemy.

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Bawdy 74% connected

Dirty; foul; -- said of clothes.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Bawdy 74% connected

Dirty; foul; -- said of clothes.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Obscene 74% connected

Offensive to chastity or modesty; expressing of presenting to the mind or view something which delicacy, purity, and decency forbid to be exposed; im…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Obscene 74% connected

Offensive to chastity or modesty; expressing of presenting to the mind or view something which delicacy, purity, and decency forbid to be exposed; im…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Bawdiness 92% connected

Obscenity; lewdness.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Filth 92% connected

Foul matter; anything that soils or defiles; dirt; nastiness.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Salacity 92% connected

Strong propensity to venery; lust; lecherousness.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Smut 92% connected

Foul matter, like soot or coal dust; also, a spot or soil made by such matter.

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Vulgarism 92% connected

Grossness; rudeness; vulgarity.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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