Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | coarse |
| Synonyms: | improper, indecent, rude, uncouth, vulgar |
| Main Entry: | facetious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tongue-in-cheek, kidding |
| Synonyms: | amusing, blithe, capering, clever, comic, comical, droll, dry, fanciful, farcical, flip*, flippant, frivolous, funny, gay, humorous, indecorous, ironic, irreverent, jesting, jocose, jocular, joking, joshing, laughable, ludicrous, merry, not serious, playful, pleasant, pulling one's leg, punning, putting one on, ridiculous, salty, sarcastic, satirical, smart, sportive, sprightly, waggish, whimsical, wisecracking, witty, wry |
| Antonyms: | formal, grave, serious, unfunny |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | graceless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | clumsy, unsophisticated |
| Synonyms: | awkward, barbarian, barbaric, barbarous, boorish, clunky, coarse, corrupt, crude*, forced, gauche, gawky, ill-mannered, improper, indecorous, inelegant, inept, infelicitous, klutzy, loutish, oafish, outlandish, rough, rude, shameless, tasteless, two left feet, uncouth, uncultured, unfortunate, ungainly, unhappy, unmannered |
| Antonyms: | beautiful, charming, dexterous, elegant, graceful, sophisticated |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | impolite |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having bad manners |
| Synonyms: | bad-mannered, boorish, churlish, crude, discourteous, disgracious, disrespectful, ill-bred, ill-mannered, indecorous, indelicate, insolent, irritable, loutish, moody, oafish, rough, rude, sullen, uncivil, ungracious, unmannered, unmannerly, unrefined |
| Antonyms: | courteous, mannerly, polite |
| Main Entry: | improper |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | vulgar, immoral |
| Synonyms: | blue*, dirty, impolite, indecent, indecorous, indelicate, lewd, malodorous, naughty, risqué, rough, salacious, suggestive, unbecoming, unconventional, unequitable, unethical, ungodly, unjust, unrighteous, unrightful, unseemly, untoward, wrong, wrongful |
| Antonyms: | decent, formal, good, moral, proper, uncorrupt |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | inappropriate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not proper, suitable |
| Synonyms: | bad form, disproportionate, foot-in-mouth, garbage*, ill-fitted, ill-suited, ill-timed, improper, inapplicable, inapropos, incongruous, inconsonant, incorrect, indecorous, inept, irrelevant, left-field, malapropos, off*, out of line, out of place, tasteless, unbecoming, unbefitting, undue, unfit, unfitting, unmeet, unseasonable, unseemly, unsuitable, untimely, way off, wrong, wrong-number |
| Antonyms: | appropriate, fitting, ok, proper, suitable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | indecent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | obscene, vulgar; offensive |
| Synonyms: | X-rated, blue*, coarse, crude, dirty*, filthy, foul, foulmouthed, gross*, ill-bred, immodest, immoral, improper, impure, in bad taste, indecorous, indelicate, lewd, licentious, malodorous, off-color, outrageous, pornographic, raunchy*, raw, ridiculous, rough, salacious, scatological, shameless, shocking, smutty, tasteless, unbecoming, undecorous, unseemly, untoward, vile, wicked |
| Antonyms: | chaste, clean, decent, modest, pure, virtuous |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | indelicate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | obscene, vulgar |
| Synonyms: | base, brash, brutish, callow, coarse, crude, earthy, embarrassing, immodest, improper, indecent, indecorous, lewd, low, lowbred, off-color, offensive, outrageous, risqué, rude, suggestive, tasteless, unbecoming, unblushing, uncouth, unseemly, untactful, untoward |
| Antonyms: | decent, delicate, inoffensive, nice, pure |
| Main Entry: | nasty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | indecent, smutty |
| Synonyms: | X-rated, blue*, coarse, dirty, filthy, foul, gross, immodest, immoral, improper, impure, indecorous, indelicate, lascivious, lewd, licentious, obscene, pornographic, raunchy*, ribald, scatological, shameful, unseemly, vulgar, wicked |
| Antonyms: | clean, decent, moral |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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