Ribald

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Characterized by or indulging in vulgar, lewd humor.
  • n. A vulgar, lewdly funny person.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Coarsely, vulgarly or lewdly humorous.
  • n. A person who is filthy or vulgar.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A low, vulgar, brutal, foul-mouthed wretch; a lewd fellow.
  • adj. Low; base; mean; filthy; obscene.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A low, base fellow; a profligate; a ruffian; a person of lewd habits: applied particularly to one who is coarse, abusive, or obscene in language.
  • Licentious; profligate; obscene; coarse; abusive or indecent, especially in language; foul-mouthed.
  • Synonyms Gross, coarse, filthy, indecent.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. humorously vulgar
  • n. a ribald person; someone who uses vulgar and offensive language
  • Equivalent
    dirty   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    vulgarian   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    low    base    mean    filthy    obscene    abusive    irreligious    coarse    lewd   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    bawdy    obscene    scurrilous    lewd    raucous    derisive    irreverent    immodest    sardonic    vituperative