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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 of the movie's most ribald, and thus funniest, scenes were cut for showing on broadcast television

Synonyms of ribald

bawdy, blue, coarse, crude, dirty, filthy, foul, gross, gutter, impure, indecent, lascivious, lewd, locker-room, nasty, obscene, pornographic, porny, profane, raunchy, smutty, stag, trashy, unprintable, vulgar, wanton, X-rated

Words Related to ribald

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

blamable, blameworthy, censurable, reprehensible

atrocious, infamous

abusive, scurrilous

hard-core, soft, soft-core

Near Antonyms of ribald

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

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

innocuous, inoffensive

acceptable, agreeable, desirable, pleasant, pleasing, welcome

appropriate, becoming, fit, meet, suitable

immaculate, perfect, pure, spotless, virginal

approved, endorsed (also indorsed), sanctioned

Antonyms of ribald

clean, decent, G-rated, nonobscene, wholesome

2 hinting at or intended to call to mind matters regarded as indecent

a ribald tale rife with double entendres and racy innuendo

Synonyms of ribald

bawdy, blue, gamy (or gamey), lewd, off, off-color (or off-colored), racy, risqué, salty, spicy, suggestive

Words Related to ribald

barnyard, coarse, coarse-grained, crude, earthy, foul, gross, vulgar

dirty, filthy, gutter, indecent, lascivious, locker-room, nasty, obscene, pornographic, porny, prurient, raunchy, smutty, stag, unprintable, unpublishable, warm, X-rated

immodest, indecorous, indelicate, naughty

Near Antonyms of ribald

clean, decent, G-rated, nonobscene

innocuous, inoffensive

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

correct, decorous, genteel, nice, polite, 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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