adverb
- to an extremely offensive or shocking degree
- to an unreasonably or excessively large degree
Usage: often used to describe something morally repugnant
Usage: informal; used for emphasis
Examples
- The CEO was paid obscenely high bonuses while workers lost their jobs.
- Housing prices in the city have risen obscenely fast.
- The movie was banned for its obscenely violent content.
- She found his behavior at the funeral obscenely inappropriate.
- The restaurant charges obscenely high prices for basic meals.
- The politician’s comments were obscenely insensitive to victims’ families.