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Definition of obscene : 1. Foul; fifthy; disgusting.
2. Inauspicious; ill- omened.
3. Offensive to chastity or modesty; expressing of presenting to the mind or view something which delicacy, purity, and decency forbid to be exposed; impure; as, obscene language; obscene pictures.

Synonyms:

unwholesome, execrable, hideous, abominable, lascivious, lewd, prurient, nasty, lustful, raunchy, Fescennine, abhorrent, bawdy, repugnant, scatologic, libidinous, unreasonable, decent, unconscionable, scurrilous, detestable, shocking, salacious, ridiculous, lubricious, preposterous, ribald, begrimed, usual, outrageous

impure, immoral, slovenly, unclean, dirty, imperfect, defective, blemished

grubby, murky, fetid, toxic, foul, insalubrious, dingy, putrid, festering, untidy, crummy, infectious, disgusting, dusty, unhygenic, shabby, grungy, unsanitary, muddy, scruffy, icky, septic, mucky, defiled, grimy, filthy, sloppy, smutty, scatological, odious, squalid

earthy, crude, scandalous, profane, cheap, degraded, low, gaudy, common, depraved, barnyard, salty, gross, unpolished, tactless, sordid, revolting, inelegant, homespun, animal, outlandish, colloquial, sleazy, unbecoming, base, rank, boorish, ignoble, undignified, rude, cockney, repulsive, raw, crass, glaring, tasteless, coarse, indelicate, ignominious, tawdry, unrefined, barbaric, brazen, shameless, graceless, clumsy, unseemly, in bad taste, ill-bred, chintzy, coarse-grained, rough, philistine, brutish, offensive, vulgar, idiomatic, garish, broad

naughty, indecent, pornographic

Usage examples:

• Immediately their gaze met another gaze it leapt away as from something dangerous or obscene. - "The Lion's Share", E. Arnold Bennett.
• An obscene and horrible spectacle, the mock of her beholders. - "This Freedom", A. S. M. Hutchinson.
• These were embellished with cuts finished in a most elegant taste: many of them were grotesque or obscene. - "Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (of 3)", Isaac D'Israeli.