n. 25B6; noun
the book was banned on the grounds of obscenity : INDECENCY, immorality, impropriety, smuttiness, smut, lewdness, rudeness, vulgarity, dirt, filth, coarseness, crudity; profanity, profaneness.
the men scowled and muttered obscenities : EXPLETIVE, swear word, oath, profanity, curse, four-letter word, dirty word, blasphemy; informal cuss, cuss word; formal imprecation.