| Main Entry: | racy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | energetic, zestful |
Synonyms: |
animated, bright, buoyant, clever, distinctive, entertaining, exciting, exhilarating, fiery, forceful, forcible, gingery, heady, keen, lively, mettlesome, peppery, piquant, playful, poignant, pungent, rich, salty, saucy*, sharp, snappy, sparkling, spicy, spirited, sportive, sprightly, stimulating, strong, tangy, tart, tasty, vigorous, vivacious, witty, zesty |
Antonyms: |
dull, idle, languid, lazy |
| Main Entry: | racy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | risqué, vulgar |
Synonyms: |
bawdy, blue*, broad, erotic, immodest, indecent, indelicate, lewd, lurid, naughty, off-color, purple*, shady*, smutty, spicy*, suggestive, wicked |
Antonyms: |
clean, modest, moral, upright |
| Main Entry: | blue |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | vulgar |
Synonyms: |
bawdy, dirty, indecent, lewd, naughty, obscene, off-color, racy, risqué, salty, shady, smutty, spicy, suggestive, wicked |
Antonyms: |
clean, decent, unvulgar |
| Main Entry: | breezy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | easy, lighthearted |
Synonyms: |
airy, animated, blithe, buoyant, carefree, casual, cheerful, debonair, easy-going, effervescent, free and easy, gay, informal, jaunty, light, lively, low-pressure, peppy, racy, relaxed, sparkling, spicy, spirited, sprightly, sunny, unconstrained, vivacious |
Antonyms: |
difficult |
| Main Entry: | broad |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | vulgar |
Synonyms: |
blue, coarse, dirty, gross, improper, indecent, indelicate, low-minded, off-color, purple, racy, risqué, salty, saucy, smutty, spicy, suggestive, unrefined, unrestrained, wicked |
| Main Entry: | exciting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inspiring, exhilarating |
Synonyms: |
agitative, animating, appealing, arousing, arresting, astonishing, bracing, breathtaking, commoving, dangerous, dramatic, electrifying, exhilarant, eye-popping, far-out, fine, flashy, groovy*, hair-raising, heady, hectic, impelling, impressive, interesting, intoxicating, intriguing, lively, melodramatic, mind-blowing, moving, neat, overpowering, overwhelming, provocative, racy, rip-roaring, rousing, sensational, showy, spine-tingling, stimulating, stirring, thrilling, titillating, wild, zestful |
Antonyms: |
boring, moderate, unenthused, unenthusiastic, unexciting, uninspiring, unpromising, unstimulating |
| Main Entry: | hot |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | spicy to taste |
Synonyms: |
acrid, biting, peppery, piquant, pungent, racy, sharp, spicy, zestful |
Antonyms: |
mild, moderate |
| Main Entry: | juicy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | exciting, interesting |
Synonyms: |
colorful, fascinating, intriguing, piquant, provocative, racy, risqué, sensational, spicy, suggestive, tantalizing, vivid |
Antonyms: |
unexciting, uninteresting |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | lurid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shocking, gruesome |
Synonyms: |
ashen, bloody, deep, disgusting, distinct, exaggerated, extreme, fiery, ghastly, gory, graphic, grim, grisly, hideous, horrible, horrid, horrifying, livid, low-down, macabre, melodramatic, obscene, off-color, offensive, purple*, racy, raunchy, revolting, rough, salty, sanguine*, savage, sensational, sinister, startling, terrible, terrifying, violent, vivid, yellow* |
| Notes: | lurid means horrible in fierceness or savagery or glaringly graphic, while livid means very angry or furious |
Antonyms: |
clean, humble, modest |