SUGGESTIVENESS Synonyms: 84 Similar and Opposite Words

suggestiveness

noun

Definition of suggestiveness

as in vulgarity

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Recent Examples of suggestiveness The Averys also lack the deep, metaphysical suggestiveness of the Gottliebs. — Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 27 Aug. 2026 The bucket quickly went viral for its not-safe-for-work suggestiveness. — Greta Cross, USA Today, 1 July 2026 The other funnymen of the time—Milton Berle with his lewd suggestiveness, Jackie Gleason with his baleful roar—did the same shtick over and over. — David Denby, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025

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Noun

Lower courts upheld the ban, finding the veiled vulgarity of the phrase allows schools to ban it.

— CBS News, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026
The diaries—particularly in Julian Sachs’s unexpurgated version, which captures Pavese’s alternating earnestness, archness, and pungent vulgarity—pose something of a problem.

— Max Norman, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of vulgarity

Noun

And thus the audience is stuck with this scenario, which complicates in intensity and with a linguistic relish that has its funny moments (for some, anyway), but also features a lot of crudity that really wrenches you away from the typical landscape of the classy, urban American farce.

— Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026
Yet Burr never stoops to crudity.

— Bob Strauss, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Mar. 2026

Definition of crudity

Noun

After most of the sellout crowd filed out Wednesday, one solitary Sox fan stood at his seat under the press box, shouting obscenities about the Guardians and the city of Cleveland.

— Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 9 Oct. 2026
Shawn Seaman on Monday told KDKA about some of the incidents that involve young people entering local businesses, yelling obscenities and racial slurs and then running out.

— Meghan Schiller, CBS News, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of obscenity

Noun

Plush tannins support luscious flavors of purple plum, eucalyptus, and lavender with a soft touch of earthiness on the orange peel finish.

— Mike DeSimone, Robb Report, 11 Oct. 2026
Fresh, plump blueberries in the salad add little bursts of sweetness, and the earthiness of lightly toasted and sliced almonds give balance to the vinegar.

— Candy Hom, AJC.com, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of earthiness

Noun

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

Definition of ribaldry

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