Meaning of obscene

(adj) designed to incite to indecency or lust; "the dance often becomes flagrantly obscene"-Margaret Mead

offensive to the mind; "an abhorrent deed"; "the obscene massacre at Wounded Knee"; "morally repugnant customs"; "repulsive behavior"; "the most repulsive character in recent novels"

suggestive of or tending to moral looseness; "lewd pictures"; "an indecent gesture"; "obscene telephone calls"; "salacious limericks"