Thesaurus:obscene

Thesaurus:obscene

THESAURUS

obscene

English

Synonyms

• bawdy

• cheeky    [WS]

• dirty    [WS]

• indecent

• filthy

• gross

• harlot (rare)

• ithyphallic

• lewd

• mucky

• naughty

• near the knuckle (UK)

• obscene

• off-colour (idiomatic)

• racy

• raunchy

• ribald

• ribaudred

• ribaudrous

• risqué

• rorty (UK)

• salacious

• saucy

• shocking

• smutty

• spicy    [WS]

• vulgar

Antonyms

• chaste

• decent

• moral

Hyponyms

• pornographic

Hypernyms

• exciting    [WS]

• immoral    [WS]

• impure    [WS]

• sexual

• unreserved

Further reading

• “961. impurity” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “obscene” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.