Emotions
Synonyms for obscene
The synonym for obscene recorded in this bank is repulsive, in the sense "offensive to the mind". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for obscene
- repulsiveadjective, in the sense "offensive to the mind"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for obscene.
offensive to the mind
The obscene massacre at Wounded Knee.
The true synonym
repulsive
Same sentence, swapped: The repulsive massacre at Wounded Knee.
Close but different
Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.
- sensual
- loud
- rough
Where obscene turns up in the game
obscene is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzle where obscene is the trap
- hatefuladjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is mean, in the sense "characterized by malice", and obscene is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play obscene
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so obscene reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Closest first: other emotions words at Ridgeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
Every word is an answer somewhere and a trap somewhere else
obscene is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 1. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.