bawdier; bawdiest
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Adjective
a bawdy film that is not appropriate for children
a bawdy comment about someone you work with could get you fired
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Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 10 Aug. 2025
Trump strongly denied drawing or writing the bawdy 50th birthday message for the late pedophile financier, a former friend of the president.
—Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 July 2025
Trump filed the $10 billion suit earlier this month after the Journal reported that Trump allegedly sent Epstein a bawdy letter in 2003 that was included in a book made for Epstein's 50th birthday, which Trump has denied.
—Olivia Rubin, ABC News, 28 July 2025
Fans adored this celebrity matching game primarily for its bawdy humor and banter between host Gene Rayburn and beloved panelists such as Charles Nelson Reilly, Brett Somers, and Betty White.
—Lindsay Soll, EW.com, 25 July 2025
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Adjective
Like his previous films, Jude’s 170-minute romp is loaded with trenchant political messages, sarcasm, bawdy humor and a heavy dose of Romanian fatalism.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 10 Aug. 2025
Trump strongly denied drawing or writing the bawdy 50th birthday message for the late pedophile financier, a former friend of the president.
—Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 July 2025
Trump filed the $10 billion suit earlier this month after the Journal reported that Trump allegedly sent Epstein a bawdy letter in 2003 that was included in a book made for Epstein's 50th birthday, which Trump has denied.
—Olivia Rubin, ABC News, 28 July 2025
Fans adored this celebrity matching game primarily for its bawdy humor and banter between host Gene Rayburn and beloved panelists such as Charles Nelson Reilly, Brett Somers, and Betty White.
—Lindsay Soll, EW.com, 25 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for bawdy
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“Bawdy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bawdy. Accessed 26 Aug. 2025.
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