Vocabulary
Obscenity
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
the state or quality of being obscene.
Urdu meaning
فحاشی، فحش، بے شرمی، بے حیائی
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- HE recent passage by the Senate of the Criminal Laws (Amendment) Bill 2024, which seeks to increase penalties for `obscenity-related` offences, warrants further consideration.
- Though the Constitution does mandate the state to discourage obscenity under Article 37(g), the real challenge has always lain in defining what `obscene` really means.
- Perversely, this legislative effort seems to be aimed at achieving the same `clout` that those they accuse of spreading `obscenity` also seek.
- Yet, the government is fixated on implementing national firewalls under the guise of `combating obscenity` and `terrorism` rather than fostering digital innovation.
- When sanitary pad advertisements migrated to TV, you heard some iteration of `Kya behudgi hai peh` (what is this obscenity).
Synonyms
indecency, immorality, impropriety, salaciousness, smuttiness, smut, lewdness,
Antonyms
goodness, innocence, morality
Curator example
“the book was banned for obscenity”
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