Earthy

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Of, consisting of, or resembling earth: an earthy smell.
  • adj. Of or characteristic of this world; worldly.
  • adj. Crude or off-color; indecent: an earthy joke.
  • adj. Hearty or uninhibited; natural: an earthy enjoyment of life.
  • adj. Unadorned and simple in style: an earthy homemade stew.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Resembling dirt or soil (i.e. earth).
  • adj. Down to earth, un-artificed, natural.
  • adj. Like or resembling the earth or of the earth.
  • adj. Covered with earth (mud, dirt).
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Consisting of, or resembling, earth; terrene; earthlike.
  • adj. Of or pertaining to the earth or to, this world; earthly; terrestrial; carnal.
  • adj. Gross; low; unrefined.
  • adj. Without luster, or dull and roughish to the touch.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Of or pertaining to earth; consisting of earth; partaking of the nature of earth; terrene: as, earthy matter.
  • Resembling earth or some of the properties of earth: as, an earthy taste or smell.
  • Inhabiting the earth; earthly.
  • Gross; not refined.
  • In mineralogy, without luster, or dull, and roughish to the touch.
  • In chem., having the general character of the substances known as earths, and of their compounds: as, an earthy salt.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. of or consisting of or resembling earth
  • adj. not far removed from or suggestive of nature
  • adj. conspicuously and tastelessly indecent
  • adj. sensible and practical
  • adj. hearty and lusty
  • Equivalent
    natural    indecent    realistic    uninhibited   
    Cross Reference
    Variant
    earthier    earthiest   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    terrene    earthlike    earthly    terrestrial    carnal    gross    low    unrefined   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    musky    salty    acrid    intoxicating    resinous    musty    chalky    smoky    sour    fruit'y