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bawdy

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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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``Why I Wore Lipstick'' is mildly bawdy and slightly politically incorrect, yet a welcome, funny corrective for those who might stigmatize themselves when a mammogram comes back with an unhappy result.
Bawdy humor in the boisterous text and cartoon art--running along the lines of the inadvisability of a hook-handed pirate changing diapers--melds with sweet scenes of the unkempt outlaws relishing their new job.
Labaye, setting aside the conviction of Labaye for keeping a common bawdy house.
 
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