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(Entry 1 of 3)
depicting or referring to sexual matters in a way that is unacceptable in polite society
- a novel that does a good job of rendering the gutter language of that stratum of society
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- priggish,
- prim,
- prudish,
- puritanical,
- staid,
- straitlaced
- (or straightlaced),
- Victorian
- approved,
- endorsed
- (also indorsed),
- sanctioned
Antonyms for gutter
gutter
nounSynonyms of gutter (Entry 2 of 3)
2
a long narrow channel dug in the earth
- rainwater running off the road into the gutters
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gutter
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