adj.1 offensively or repulsively indecent, esp. by offending accepted sexual morality.
2 colloq. highly offensive or repugnant (an obscene accumulation of wealth).
3 Brit. Law (of a publication) tending to deprave or corrupt.
Derivatives:
obscenely adv. obsceneness n.
Etymology: F obsc{egrave}ne or L obsc(a)enus ill-omened, abominable