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Recent Examples of ribaldry Over-Nite Sensation is a triumph: a concentrated digest from perhaps the most popular stretch of his career, and a freeze-frame of his compositional flowering and ingenious lyrical ribaldry. Daniel Felsenthal, The Atlantic, 27 Nov. 2023 Finding liberty in punk artistry, Dury updated the tradition of British music-hall ribaldry and rude folk humor. Armond White, National Review, 3 Aug. 2022 The young woman disappeared in the ribaldry, everyone smelling of perfume and drowning one another out in their hysterical good time. David Rabe, The New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2020 The horses pick their fresh ways delicately through the dewy country, the brightness of sunrise has not yet fallen from the air, the sky is blue and all-covering, and the cowboys are full of jokes and morning ribaldries. Larry McMurtry, Harper's magazine, 28 Oct. 2019 A trio of troublemaking nuns (Aubrey Plaza, Kate Micucci and Alison Brie) soon complicate matters, resulting in some hilarious, blasphemous ribaldry. OregonLive.com, 5 July 2017 Imagine Ludlam’s Ridiculous Theatrical Company without the cross-dressing ribaldry. Charles McNulty, latimes.com, 15 May 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ribaldry
Noun
  • The sour stench of the carcasses was a vulgarity almost too great to bear.
    Nathaniel Rich, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Action rocks as Season 2 leans more into DCU absurdity and vulgarity.
    James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Brain rot has become unavoidable, its grossness ubiquitous.
    Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 20 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • There’s some rudeness, aggressive conversations, and crudeness, but nothing too over the top.
    Lynnette Nicholas, Parents, 4 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Since Missouri vanity plates have to follow the state obscenity law, a court would need to find that the state law violates the First Amendment.
    Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The suspect is also facing charges including interference with a professional sporting event, reckless endangerment, harassment and obscenity.
    Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The coarseness of your grounds is determined by the width of the space between the two grinding burrs.
    BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2025
  • In particular, there’s a stunning coarseness and ugliness in the Republican Party today.
    Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 18 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Claud has two convictions for indecent assault and battery on a child under 14 years of age and one conviction for open and gross lewdness and lascivious behavior.
    Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 16 Aug. 2025

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“Ribaldry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ribaldry. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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