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ribald
Synonyms and Antonyms of ribald
- some of the movie's most ribald, and thus funniest, scenes were cut for showing on broadcast television
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
priggish, prim, prudish, puritanical, staid, straitlaced (or straightlaced), Victorian
correct, decorous, genteel, nice, polite, proper, respectable, seemly
acceptable, agreeable, desirable, pleasant, pleasing, welcome
appropriate, becoming, fit, meet, suitable
immaculate, perfect, pure, spotless, virginal
approved, endorsed (also indorsed), sanctioned
- a ribald tale rife with double entendres and racy innuendo
clean, decent, G-rated, nonobscene
priggish, prim, prudish, puritanical, staid, straitlaced (or straightlaced), Victorian
correct, decorous, genteel, nice, polite, proper, respectable, seemly
Synonym Discussion of ribald
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- found the coarse humor of coworkers offensive
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- a loud vulgar belch
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- gross eating habits
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- obscene language not allowed on the air
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- entertained the campers with ribald folk songs
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