noun
- Harsh, often insulting language: abuse, billingsgate, contumely, invective, obloquy, railing, revilement, reviling, scurrility, vituperation. See praise/blame.
- The quality or state of being obscene: bawdiness, coarseness, dirtiness, filthiness, foulness, grossness, lewdness, obscenity, profaneness, profanity, scurrility, smuttiness, vulgarity, vulgarness. Slang raunch, raunchiness. See decent/indecent.
