variants
or off-colored
as in suggestive
hinting at or intended to call to mind matters regarded as indecent
the movie was rated PG-13 for some swearing and off-color jokes
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Recent Examples of off-color
Some of the more off-color clips have captured more than 12 million views.
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Sean Gregory,
Time,
18 Feb. 2026
After bursting out of the middle of a snowman, Dusty steps down into the audience to do a little of her famous off-color crowd work.
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Merrill Markoe,
Rolling Stone,
1 Feb. 2026
Musk previously drew criticism for making an off-color joke about Sweeney's body in December.
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Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Jan. 2026
To wear a device is to pull everyone around you into your data stream, where an off-color joke or a bad moment will be recorded—and eventually used to train future AI systems.
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Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
23 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for off-color
Sean Gregory,
Time,
18 Feb. 2026
After bursting out of the middle of a snowman, Dusty steps down into the audience to do a little of her famous off-color crowd work.
—
Merrill Markoe,
Rolling Stone,
1 Feb. 2026
Musk previously drew criticism for making an off-color joke about Sweeney's body in December.
—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Jan. 2026
To wear a device is to pull everyone around you into your data stream, where an off-color joke or a bad moment will be recorded—and eventually used to train future AI systems.
—
Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
23 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for off-color
Adjective
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One of Smarty Pants’ buttons has a poop symbol on it, and there a couple of suggestive turns of phrase.
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The messages between Johnson and Duffey in 2024 revealed that the two men used suggestive language.
Adjective
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Wild Arugula While standard arugula may be part of many reasonably priced salad mixes, the deliciously spicy, dainty wild arugula fetches premium prices of $4 to $6 for a 5-ounce bunch.
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Modales leans into cold-hardy grapes varieties like blaufränkisch, the spicy Austrian red variety that has become a favorite by-the-glass pour at Ox Bar.
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The golden generation of American men — Christian Pulisic, Weston McKennie, Tyler Adams and the rest of the Group D winning crew — live and surrounded by red, white and blue in the home of the red and gold.
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The child was described as 18 inches long, approximately 20 pounds, with brown hair and blue eyes.
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“Off-color.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/off-color. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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