1.
If you describe something as ~, you mean it offends you because it relates to sex or violence in a way that you think is unpleasant and shocking.
I’m not prudish but I think these photographs are ~...
He continued to use ~ language and also to make threats.
ADJ
2.
In legal contexts, books, pictures, or films which are judged ~ are illegal because they deal with sex or violence in a way that is considered offensive to the general public.
A city magistrate ruled that the novel was ~ and copies should be destroyed...
ADJ
3.
If you describe something as ~, you disapprove of it very strongly and consider it to be offensive or immoral.
It was ~ to spend millions producing unwanted food...
= offensive
ADJ: oft it v-link ADJ to-inf/that disapproval