obscene

Other forms of obscene

comparative

obscener·

superlative

obscenest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about obscene

What does obscene mean?

obscene means "designed to incite to indecency or lust". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in obscene?

obscene has 2 syllables: ob-scene. The stress falls on "scene". In IPA it is /ɑbˈsin/.

What is another word for obscene?

Close synonyms include abhorrent, detestable, repugnant, repulsive, lewd. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is obscene a common word?

obscene is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with obscene?

17 words rhyme with obscene. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.