Synonyms of smutty

smutty

adjective

ˈsmə-tē 

1

as in pornographic

depicting or referring to sexual matters in a way that is unacceptable in polite society

the movie was rated R because of some nude scenes and smutty dialogue

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pornographic
• obscene
• vulgar
• nasty
• dirty
• foul
• filthy
• suggestive
• naughty
• raunchy
• gross
• bawdy
• crude
• lascivious
• blue
• lewd
• indecent
• ribald
• offensive
• trashy
• unpleasant
• obnoxious
• unacceptable
• disgusting
• coarse
• profane
• unprintable
• impure
• unwanted
• locker-room
• X-rated
• abusive
• undesirable
• porny
• wanton
• stag
• salacious
• gutter
• infamous
• wicked
• racy
• perverted
• broad
• scatological
• kinky
• soft
• depraved
• risqué
• indelicate
• indecorous
• objectionable
• salty
• revolting
• off
• repulsive
• immodest
• barnyard
• perverse
• earthy
• coarse-grained
• unbecoming
• loathsome
• unwelcome
• gamy
• low
• off-color
• repugnant
• distasteful
• scurrilous
• abhorrent
• repellent
• exceptionable
• louche
• reprehensible
• censurable
• atrocious
• blamable
• hard-core
• blameworthy
• debasing
• soft-core

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• wholesome
• clean
• decent
• Victorian
• prudish
• puritanical
• proper
• correct
• polite
• staid
• nice
• prim
• genteel
• respectable
• innocuous
• G-rated
• decorous
• pleasant
• acceptable
• inoffensive
• desirable
• appropriate
• suitable
• welcome
• priggish
• agreeable
• pleasing
• meet
• straitlaced
• nonobscene
• pure
• becoming
• perfect
• seemly
• fit
• virginal
• spotless
• immaculate
• endorsed
• approved
• sanctioned

2

as in filthy

not clean

a street urchin with a smutty face

Synonyms & Similar Words

• filthy
• blackened
• dusty
• dirty
• stained
• muddy
• black
• nasty
• smudged
• sordid
• messy
• greasy
• grimy
• soiled
• dingy
• grubby
• mucky
• unclean
• foul
• grungy
• begrimed
• polluted
• bedraggled
• sloppy
• grotty
• draggled
• sullied
• cruddy
• chaotic
• uncleanly
• besmirched
• befouled
• contaminated
• confused
• messed
• bemired
• littered
• tainted
• raunchy
• impure
• insanitary
• unsanitary
• unwashed
• cluttered
• uncleaned
• scruffy
• disordered
• jumbled
• unsterilized
• slovenly
• rumpled
• untidy
• sleazy
• unsterile
• unkempt
• muddled
• disheveled
• shabby
• defiled
• germy
• squalid
• disarranged
• skanky
• sooty
• mussy
• gunky
• scuzzy
• disarrayed
• mussed
• crocked
• fuliginous
• collied

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• clean
• pure
• unsullied
• clear
• stainless
• immaculate
• spotless
• unsoiled
• unstained
• limpid
• cleanly
• spick-and-span
• ultraclean
• neat
• cleaned
• tidy
• orderly
• ordered
• bleached
• shiny
• cleansed
• groomed
• sparkling
• combed
• perfect
• bright
• wholesome
• whitened
• untouched
• purified
• flawless
• unspotted
• virgin
• untainted
• unpolluted
• unblemished
• undefiled
• taintless

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of smutty

Moments of physical intimacy between his protagonists are often relayed in rigid and frustratingly inexpressive language, which occasionally veers into the tiringly smutty. — Taran Dugal, New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2026

There's no shame in admitting that one of the draws of HBO has always been the somewhat smutty stuff, and new French-language drama The Seduction looks to deliver on that. — PC Magazine, 14 Nov. 2025

On apps like Quinn and Dipsea (among a growing number of others), people can listen to spicy, sexy, smutty stories all day long. — Jodi McAlister, PEOPLE, 8 Nov. 2025

Hoping to better understand the demand for smutty scares, Hitchcock and his wife, Alma Reville (Olivia Williams), spend an interminable evening at the theater surrounded by people throwing popcorn and making out while the topless woman onscreen is tortured and killed in a masked man’s dungeon. — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 4 Oct. 2025