bawdy
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bawd·y
(bô′dē)adj. bawd·i·er, bawd·i·est
Humorously coarse; lewd or risqué: "[Mae West] became known for her humorous bawdy, suggestive performances and wisecracks" (Pam Cornelison & Ted Yanak).
bawd′i·ly adv.
bawd′i·ness n.
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bawdy
(ˈbɔːdɪ)adj, bawdier or bawdiest
(of language, plays, etc) containing references to sex, esp to be humorous
n
obscenity or eroticism, esp in writing or drama
ˈbawdily adv
ˈbawdiness n
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bawd•y
(ˈbɔ di)adj. bawd•i•er, bawd•i•est,
n. adj.
1. indecent; lewd; obscene.
n. 2. coarse or obscene talk or writing.
[1505–15]
bawd′i•ly, adv.
bawd′i•ness, n.
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Noun | 1. | bawdy - lewd or obscene talk or writing; "it was smoking-room bawdry"; "they published a collection of Elizabethan bawdy" |
Adj. | 1. | bawdy - humorously vulgar; "bawdy songs"; "off-color jokes"; "ribald language" dirty - (of behavior or especially language) characterized by obscenity or indecency; "dirty words"; "a dirty old man"; "dirty books and movies"; "boys telling dirty jokes"; "has a dirty mouth" |
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bawdy
adjective rude, blue, dirty, gross, crude, erotic, obscene, coarse, filthy, indecent, vulgar, improper, steamy (informal), pornographic, raunchy (U.S. slang), suggestive, racy, lewd, risqué, X-rated (informal), salacious, prurient, lascivious, smutty, lustful, lecherous, ribald, libidinous, licentious, indelicate, near the knuckle (informal), indecorous We got arrested once, for singing bawdy songs in a cemetery.
good, seemly, clean, moral, decent, modest, respectable, upright, virtuous, chaste, undefiled
good, seemly, clean, moral, decent, modest, respectable, upright, virtuous, chaste, undefiled
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bawdy
adjectiveOffensive to accepted standards of decency:
barnyard, broad, coarse, dirty, Fescennine, filthy, foul, gross, lewd, nasty, obscene, profane, ribald, scatologic, scatological, scurrilous, smutty, vulgar.
Slang: raunchy.
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Translations
فاحِش، فُجوري
oplzlý
fræksjofel
klæminn
nešvankusvulgarus
neķītrspiedauzīgsvulgārs
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bawdy
(ˈboːdi) adjective vulgar and coarse. bawdy jokes.
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