A girdle foul with grease b??ds his obscene attire. --Dryden. 3. Inauspicious; ill-omened. [R.] [A Latinism] At the cheerful light, The groaning ghosts and birds obscene take flight. --Dryden. Syn: Impure; immodest; indecent; unchaste; lewd. -- {Ob*scene"ly}, adv. -- {Ob*scene"ness}, n.