obscene
/əbˈsiːn/
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American sound/əbˈsiːn/
əbˈsiːn
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əb - ˈsiːn -> obscene
Myanmar meaning
(adj) ညစ်ညမ်းသော။
Full entry
ညစ်ညမ်းသော။ ညစ်ပတ်သော။ မဖွယ်မရာ။ obscene phone calls/gestures/language ❍ obscene books/films/literature ❍ It's obscene to spend so much on food when millions are starving.
❏ obscenely adv မဖွယ်မရာ။ မြင်မကောင်း ရှုမကောင်း။ behave obscenely ❍ be obscenely rich.
❏ obscenity /ǝb'senǝti/ n
(က) [U] မဖွယ်မရာ။ laws against obscenity. (ခ) [C] ဆဲရေးတိုင်းထွာစကား။ အယုတ္တ အနတ္တ။ scribble obscenities on the wall ❍ He screamed obscenities at her.
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X-rated, atrocious, barnyard, bawdy, beastly, beyond the pale, blue, brutish, coarse, crass, crude, dirty, disgusting, evil, excessive, explicit, ferine, filthy, foul, gross, heinous, hideous, horrible, immodest, immoral, improper, impure, indecent, lascivious, lewd, licentious, loathsome, loose, lustful, nasty, nauseating, noisome, offensive, outrageous, porno, pornographic, profane, prurient, rank, raunchy, raw, repellent, repugnant, ribald, rude, salacious, scabrous, scatological, scurrilous, shameless, shocking, sickening, smutty, suggestive, swinish, unchaste, unclean, unwholesome, vile, wanton, wicked
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