| Main Entry: | ribald |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | vulgar, obscene |
Synonyms: |
base, bawdy, blue*, coarse, devilish, earthy, fast*, filthy*, foul-mouthed, gross*, indecent, indecorous, juicy, lascivious, lewd, licentious, low-down and dirty, naughty, off-color, out of line, purple*, racy, rascally, raunchy, raw*, risqué, rogue, rough, rude, salacious, salty, scabrous, scurrilous, sly, smutty, spicy*, unbecoming |
Antonyms: |
chaste, clean, decent |
| Main Entry: | bawdy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | vulgar, dirty |
Synonyms: |
blue, cheap, coarse, erotic, gross, indecent, indecorous, indelicate, lascivious, lecherous, lewd, libidinous, licentious, lustful, obscene, off-color, prurient, ribald, risqué, rude, salacious, suggestive |
Antonyms: |
chaste, clean, decent, proper, virginal |
| Main Entry: | clown |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | joking person |
Synonyms: |
antic, buffoon, comedian, comic, cut-up, dolt, droll, farceur, fool, funnyperson, funster, gagman, gagster, harlequin, humorist, jester, joker, jokesmith, jokester, life of the party, madcap, merry-andrew, merrymaker, mime, mountebank, mummer, picador, pierrot, prankster, punch, punchinello, quipster, ribald, wag, wisecracker, wit*, zany* |
| Main Entry: | coarse |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not fine, rude |
Synonyms: |
base, bawdy, blue*, boorish, brutish, cheap, common, crass, crude, dirty, earthy, filthy, foul, foul-mouthed, gross, gruff, immodest, impolite, improper, impure, incult, indelicate, inelegant, loutish, low, lowbred, lowdown and dirty, mean, nasty, obscene, off-color, offensive, raffish, raunchy, raw, ribald, rough, roughneck, rude, scatological, smutty, tacky, uncivil, uncouth, uncultivated, uncultured, unrefined, vulgar, vulgarian |
Antonyms: |
gentle, nice, polite, refined, sophisticated |
| Main Entry: | dirty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | obscene, pornographic |
Synonyms: |
base, blue, coarse, contemptible, despicable, filthy, immoral, impure, indecent, lewd, low, mean, nasty, off-color, ribald, risqué, salacious, scatological, scurvy, smutty, sordid, squalid, unchaste, unclean, uncleanly, vile, vulgar |
Antonyms: |
clean, moral, upright |
| Main Entry: | earthy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unsophisticated |
Synonyms: |
bawdy, coarse, crude, down, down home, down-to-earth, dull, easygoing, folksy, funky*, hard-boiled, home folk, homely, homey, indelicate, lowbred, lusty, mundane, natural, pragmatic, ribald, robust, rough, simple, unidealistic, uninhibited, unrefined |
| Notes: | earthy is 'similar to earth; hearty' or 'coarse, vulgar' while earthly is 'pertaining to human existence on earth'; earthen means 'made of earth or clay' |
Antonyms: |
cultured, elegant, refined, sophisticated |
| Main Entry: | gross |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crude, vulgar |
Synonyms: |
barnyard, boorish, breezy, callous, carnal, cheap, coarse, corporeal, crass, dull, fleshly, foul, ignorant, improper, impure, in the gutter, indecent, indelicate, inelegant, insensitive, lewd, loudmouthed, low, low-minded, lustful, obscene, offensive, rank, raunchy, raw, ribald, rough, rude, scatological, sensual, sexual, sleazy*, smutty, swinish, tasteless, ugly, uncouth, uncultured, undiscriminating, unfeeling, unrefined, unseemly, unsophisticated, voluptuous |
Antonyms: |
clean, moral, polite |
| Main Entry: | humorous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | funny, comical |
Synonyms: |
amusing, camp*, campy, comic, droll, entertaining, facetious, farcical, hilarious, jocose, jocular, jokey, joshing, laughable, ludicrous, merry, playful, pleasant, priceless, ribald, screaming, side-splitting, too funny for words, waggish, whimsical, witty |
Antonyms: |
depressing, dramatic, gloomy, morose, sad, serious, tragic, uncomical, unfunny |
| Main Entry: | lascivious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sexually aroused; displaying excessive interest in sex |
Synonyms: |
X-rated, bawdy, blue, bodily, carnal, coarse, crude, evil-minded, fast*, fleshly, gross*, hard-core, hot*, immoral, incontinent, indecent, lecherous, lewd, libertine, libidinous, licentious, low-down, lubricious, lustful, nasty, obscene, off-color, offensive, orgiastic, pornographic, prurient, randy, raunchy*, raw, ribald, rough, salacious, scurrilous, sensual, smutty, soft-core, steamy, suggestive, unchaste, voluptuous, vulgar, wanton |
Antonyms: |
chaste, decent, moral |
| Main Entry: | lewd |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | vulgar, indecent |
Synonyms: |
X-rated, bawdy, blue, coarse, erotic, fast*, filthy*, foul-mouthed, gross*, hard-core, immodest, immoral, improper, impure, in bad taste, incontinent, indelicate, lascivious, lecherous, libertine, libidinous, licentious, loose*, lustful, naughty, obscene, off-color, pornographic, profligate, questionable, racy, rakish, ribald, risqué, salacious, scandalous, scurrilous, shameless, smutty, suggestive, taboo, unchaste, unclean, unconventional, unvirtuous, vile, wanton, wicked |
Antonyms: |
clean, decent, moral |