2N-VAR 猥亵的話;下流話 An obscenity is a very offensive word or expression. 猥亵的話;下流話
They shouted obscenities at us and smashed bottles on the floor.
他們沖着我們大罵下流話,還把瓶子摔到地上。
3N-COUNT 令人憎惡的行爲(或事件);道德敗壞的行爲(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. 令人憎惡的行爲(或事件);道德敗壞的行爲(或事件) [disapproval]
It is not the only place experiencing the obscenities of civil war.