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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | vulgar, indecent |
| Synonyms: | X-rated, bawdy, blue, coarse, erotic, fast*, filthy*, foul-mouthed, gross*, hard-core, immodest, immoral, improper, impure, in bad taste, incontinent, indelicate, lascivious, lecherous, libertine, libidinous, licentious, loose*, lustful, naughty, obscene, off-color, pornographic, profligate, questionable, racy, rakish, ribald, risqué, salacious, scandalous, scurrilous, shameless, smutty, suggestive, taboo, unchaste, unclean, unconventional, unvirtuous, vile, wanton, wicked |
| Antonyms: | clean, decent, moral |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | raunchy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lewd, obscene |
| Synonyms: | X-rated, bawdy, dirty, erotic, filthy*, foul-mouthed, gross*, hard- core, improper, in bad taste, lascivious, lecherous, lustful, naughty, off-color, pornographic, racy, risqué, sexually explicit, smutty, suggestive, taboo, vulgar, wicked |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ribald |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | vulgar, obscene |
| Synonyms: | base, bawdy, blue*, coarse, devilish, earthy, fast*, filthy*, foul-mouthed, gross*, indecent, indecorous, juicy, lascivious, lewd, licentious, low-down and dirty, naughty, off-color, out of line, purple*, racy, rascally, raunchy, raw*, risqué, rogue, rough, rude, salacious, salty, scabrous, scurrilous, sly, smutty, spicy*, unbecoming |
| Antonyms: | chaste, clean, decent |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sexy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | being erotically attractive to another |
| Synonyms: | arousing, come-hither, cuddly, flirtatious, hot*, inviting, kissable, libidinous, mature, provocative, provoking, racy, risqué, seductive, sensual, sensuous, slinky, spicy*, steamy, suggestive, titillating, voluptuous |
| Antonyms: | disgusting, unattractive, unsexy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | smutty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | obscene, vulgar |
| Synonyms: | X-rated, bawdy, blue*, coarse, crude, dirty, filthy, foul, immoral, improper, indecent, indelicate, lewd, nasty, off-color, pornographic, prurient, racy, raunchy, raw, risqué, rough, salacious, salty, scatological, suggestive |
| Antonyms: | clean, decent, moral |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | spicy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | off-color, vulgar |
| Synonyms: | X-rated, breezy, broad, erotic, hot*, indelicate, racy, red hot, ribald, risqué, salty, scandalous, sensational, sophisticated, suggestive, titillating, unseemly, wicked |
| Antonyms: | clean, decent, moral |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | suggestive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dirty, vulgar |
| Synonyms: | bawdy, blue*, broad, erotic, immodest, improper, indecent, indelicate, obscene, off-color, provocative, prurient, racy, ribald, risqué, rude, seductive, sexy, shady, tempting, titillating, unseemly, wicked |
| Antonyms: | clean, moral, unprovocative |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | vulgar |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rude, offensive |
| Synonyms: | X-rated, base, blue*, boorish, cheap, coarse, common, contemptible, crude, dirty, disgusting, dishonorable, filthy, fractious, gross*, hard-core, ignoble, impolite, improper, indecent, indecorous, indelicate, inferior, low, malicious, nasty, naughty, obscene, odious, off-color, profane, raw, repulsive, ribald, risqué, rough, scatological, slippery, smutty, sneaking, soft-core, sordid, suggestive, tasteless, tawdry, uncouth, unmannerly, unrefined, unworthy, villainous |
| Antonyms: | decent, inoffensive, nice, polite, refined |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | wrong |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | immoral, dishonest |
| Synonyms: | amoral, bad, base, blamable, blameworthy, blasphemous, censurable, corrupt, criminal, crooked, debauched, depraved, dishonorable, dissipated, dissolute, evil, felonious, illegal, illicit, indecent, iniquitous, naughty, profane, profligate, reprehensible, reprobate, risqué, sacrilegious, salacious, shady, sinful, smutty, unethical, unfair, ungodly, unholy, unjust, unlawful, unrighteous, vicious, wanton, wicked, wrongful |
| Antonyms: | decent, good, honest, moral |
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