English Dictionary
◊ OBSCENE
obscene
adj 1: designed to incite to indecency or lust; "the dance often
becomes flagrantly obscene"- Margaret Mead
2: offensive to the mind; "an abhorrent deed"; "the obscene
massacre at Wounded Knee"; "morally repugnant customs";
"repulsive behavior"; "the most repulsive character in
recent novels" [syn: {abhorrent}, {detestable}, {repugnant},
{repulsive}]
3: suggestive of or tending to moral looseness; "lewd
whisperings of a dirty old man"; "an indecent gesture";
"obscene telephone calls"; "salacious limericks" [syn: {lewd},
{salacious}]
English Computing Dictionary
◊ DID YOU MEAN OBSCURE?
OBSCURE
"A Formal Description of the Specification Language OBSCURE",
J. Loeckx, TR A85/15, U Saarlandes, Saarbrucken, 1985.
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