ribald

²ribald

adj

Definition of RIBALD

1

: crude, offensive <ribald language>

2

: characterized by or using coarse indecent humor

Examples of RIBALD

1. <some of the movie's most ribald, and thus funniest, scenes were cut for showing on broadcast television>
2. <a ribald tale rife with double entendres and racy innuendo>

First Known Use of RIBALD

1508

Related to RIBALD

Synonyms: bawdy, blue, coarse, crude, dirty, filthy, foul, gross, gutter, impure, indecent, lascivious, lewd, locker-room, nasty, pornographic, porny, profane, raunchy, obscene, smutty, stag, trashy, unprintable, vulgar, wanton, X-rated

Antonyms: clean, decent, G-rated, nonobscene, wholesome

Related Words: broad, coarse-grained, gamy (or gamey), off, off-color (or off-colored), racy, risqué, salacious, salty, suggestive; barnyard, earthy, scatological; immodest, indecorous, indelicate, low, unbecoming; depraved, kinky, louche, naughty, perverse, perverted, wicked; exceptionable, objectionable, unacceptable, undesirable, unwanted, unwelcome; abhorrent, debasing, disgusting, loathsome, offensive, repellent (also repellant), repugnant, repulsive, revolting; distasteful, obnoxious, unpleasant; blamable, blameworthy, censurable, reprehensible; atrocious, infamous; abusive, scurrilous; hard-core, soft, soft-core

Near Antonyms: priggish, prim, prudish, puritanical, staid, straitlaced (or straightlaced), Victorian; correct, decorous, genteel, nice, polite, proper, respectable, seemly; innocuous, inoffensive; acceptable, agreeable, desirable, pleasant, pleasing, welcome; appropriate, becoming, fit, meet, suitable; immaculate, perfect, pure, spotless, virginal; approved, endorsed (also indorsed), sanctioned

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