adjective
1.
Synonyms: offensive , disgusting, hideous, horrible, nauseating, noisome, repellent, repugnant, sickening, vile
2.
marked by the use of words regarded as taboo in polite usage
knew all the obscene expressions for the genitalia
Synonyms: barnyard, coarse, crude, crusty, dirty, fescennine, filthy, foul, gross, indecent, nasty, paw, profane, rank, raunchy, ||raw, rocky, scatological, scurrilous, smutty, vulgar; compare risqué
Related Word: bawdy, ribald, smoking-room; impure, lascivious, lewd, warm; lurid, pornographic, salacious, scabrous, sultry; earthy, rich; unprintable; foulmouthed
Contrasted words: acceptable, proper, tolerable; appropriate, fit, suitable; clean, decent, decorous, seemly