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Obscene vs Risque - What's the difference?

obscene | risque |

As adjectives the difference between obscene and risque

is that obscene is obscene while risque is (us).

obscene

English

Alternative forms

* (archaic)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Offensive to current standards of decency or morality
  • Lewd or lustful
  • Disgusting or repulsive
  • Beyond all reason
  • Liable to deprave or corrupt

    • Usage notes

    * The comparative obscener and superlative obscenest, though formed by valid rules for English, are less common than more obscene' and ' most obscene .

    risque

    English

    Alternative forms

    * risque (US)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Suggestive of sexual impropriety; bordering on the indelicate.

    • Synonyms

    * near the knuckle (UK)

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