2N-VAR 猥亵的话;下流话 An obscenity is a very offensive word or expression. 猥亵的话;下流话
They shouted obscenities at us and smashed bottles on the floor.
他们冲着我们大骂下流话,还把瓶子摔到地上。
3N-COUNT 令人憎恶的行为(或事件);道德败坏的行为(或事件) If you refer to an action or event as an obscenity, you disapprove of it very strongly and consider it to be offensive or immoral. 令人憎恶的行为(或事件);道德败坏的行为(或事件) [disapproval]
It is not the only place experiencing the obscenities of civil war.