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ribald

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of ribald

1 depicting or referring to sexual matters in a way that is unacceptable in polite society
  • some ribald scenes in the movie
Synonyms of ribald

bawdy, blue, coarse, crude, dirty, filthy, foul, gross, impure, indecent, lascivious, lewd, nasty, obscene, smutty, vulgar, wanton
Words Related to ribald

broad, coarse-grained, gamy (or gamey), off, off-color (or off-colored), racy, risqué, salacious, salty, suggestive

earthy, scatological

immodest, indecorous, indelicate, low, unbecoming

depraved, kinky, naughty, perverse, perverted, wicked

exceptionable, objectionable, unacceptable, undesirable, unwanted, unwelcome

abhorrent, debasing, disgusting, loathsome, offensive, repellent (also repellant), repugnant, repulsive, revolting

distasteful, obnoxious, unpleasant

abusive, scurrilous
Near Antonyms of ribald

priggish, prim, prudish, puritanical, staid, straitlaced (or straightlaced), Victorian

correct, decorous, genteel, nice, polite, proper, respectable, seemly

innocuous, inoffensive

appropriate, becoming, fit, meet, suitable

immaculate, perfect, pure, spotless, virginal
Antonyms of ribald

clean, decent, nonobscene, wholesome
2 hinting at or intended to call to mind matters regarded as indecent
  • a ribald tale rife with double entendres and innuendo
Synonyms of ribald

bawdy, lewd, off-color (or off-colored), racy, risqué, salty, spicy, suggestive
Words Related to ribald

leering

coarse, crude, earthy, foul, gross, vulgar

dirty, filthy, lascivious, nasty, obscene, pornographic, prurient, smutty

immodest, indecorous, indelicate, naughty
Near Antonyms of ribald

clean, decent

innocuous, inoffensive

priggish, prim, prudish, puritanical, staid, straitlaced (or straightlaced)

correct, decorous, genteel, proper, respectable, seemly

Synonym Discussion of ribald

coarse, vulgar, gross, obscene, ribald mean offensive to good taste or morals. coarse implies roughness, rudeness, or crudeness of spirit, behavior, or language.
    • found the coarse humor of coworkers offensive
vulgar often implies boorishness or ill-breeding.
    • a loud vulgar belch
gross implies extreme coarseness and insensitiveness.
    • gross eating habits
obscene applies to anything strongly repulsive to the sense of decency and propriety especially in sexual matters.
    • obscene language not allowed on the air
ribald applies to what is amusingly or picturesquely vulgar or irreverent or mildly indecent.
    • entertained the campers with ribald folk songs

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