Obscene vs Decent - What's the difference?
obscene | decent |
Offensive to current standards of decency or morality
Lewd or lustful
Disgusting or repulsive
Beyond all reason
Liable to deprave or corrupt
(obsolete) Appropriate; suitable for the circumstances.
(of a person) Having a suitable conformity to basic moral standards; showing integrity, fairness, or other characteristics associated with moral uprightness.
Sufficiently clothed or dressed to be seen.
Fair; good enough; okay.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
, title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=Foreword Significant; substantial.
(obsolete) Comely; shapely; well-formed.
* A sable stole of cyprus lawn / Over thy decent shoulders drawn — Milton.
As adjectives the difference between obscene and decent
is that obscene is obscene while decent is decent (sufficiently clothed).obscene
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* (archaic)Adjective
(en adjective)Usage notes
* The comparative obscener and superlative obscenest, though formed by valid rules for English, are less common than more obscene' and ' most obscene .decent
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Adjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=A canister of flour from the kitchen had been thrown at the looking-glass and lay like trampled snow over the remains of a decent blue suit with the lining ripped out which lay on top of the ruin of a plastic wardrobe.}}
