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bawdy
(redirected from bawdier)

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bawd·y  (bôd)
adj. bawd·i·er, bawd·i·est
1. Humorously coarse; risqué.
2. Vulgar; lewd.

bawdi·ly adv.
bawdi·ness n.

bawdy [ˈbɔːdɪ]
adj bawdier, bawdiest
(of language, plays, etc.) containing references to sex, esp to be humorous
n
obscenity or eroticism, esp in writing or drama
bawdily  adv
bawdiness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.bawdy - lewd or obscene talk or writing; "it was smoking-room bawdry"; "they published a collection of Elizabethan bawdy"
dirty word, vulgarism, obscenity, smut, filth - an offensive or indecent word or phrase
Adj.1.bawdy - humorously vulgar; "bawdy songs"; "off-color jokes"; "ribald language"
dirty - (of behavior or especially language) characterized by obscenity or indecency; "dirty words"; "a dirty old man"; "dirty books and movies"; "boys telling dirty jokes"; "has a dirty mouth"

bawdy
adjective rude, blue, dirty, gross, crude, erotic, obscene, coarse, filthy, indecent, vulgar, improper, steamy (informal), pornographic, raunchy (U.S. slang), suggestive, racy, lewd, risqué, X-rated (informal), salacious, prurient, lascivious, smutty, lustful, lecherous, ribald, libidinous, licentious, indelicate, near the knuckle (informal), indecorous We got arrested once, for singing bawdy songs in a cemetery.
good, seemly, clean, moral, decent, modest, respectable, upright, virtuous, chaste, undefiled
Translations
bawdy [ˈbɔːdɪ] ADJ (bawdier (compar) (bawdiest (superl))) → subido de tono, verde, colorado(Mex)

bawdy [ˈbɔːdi] adj [song] → grivois(e), paillard(e); [joke] → grivois(e)

bawdy
adj (+er)derb; bawdy talkderbes Gerede

bawdy [ˈbɔːdɪ] adjpiccante, spinto/a, salace
bawdy song → canzonaccia
bawdy [ˈbɔːdɪ] adjpiccante, spinto/a, salace
bawdy song → canzonaccia

bawdy
adj bawdy [ˈboːdi]
vulgar and coarse bawdy jokes. smerig فاحِش، فُجوري вулгарен oplzlý sjofel; fræk unflätig αισχρός verde, obsceno rõve رکیک؛ هرزه rivo obscène גַּס अश्लील bestidan, besraman trágár kasar klæminn osceno みだらな 음란한 nešvankus, vulgarus neķītrs; piedauzīgs; vulgārs kasar schuin uanstendig, freidig, frekk sprośny grosseiro obscen непристойный oplzlý nespodoben nepristojan oanständig, fräck ตลกลามก müstehcen, açık saçık 淫猥下流的 брудний, непристойний فحش ، بیہودہ tục tĩu


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But tales from old Canyon Country residents and records uncovered as Barberg and Dan Bradford clean up for the move reveal the old establishment's bawdier days.
In Trash's Dance, 1992, for example, a performer poses aggressively on the stage of a rough-and-tumble lesbian bar, in a scene that recalls some of Reginald Marsh's bawdier works.
``It's almost like today's quilting bee for us, except we're far bawdier than my picture of the quilters of yore.
 
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