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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
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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2 million albums worldwide and his 'serious' songwriting earned him two number one country hits in 2008 including The Genie in the Bottle - although don't expect to hear either of these in this show which is definitely on the bawdy side.
THE UGLY TRUTH (15, 96 mins) GERARD BUTLER and Katherine Heigl swap some pretty bawdy chatter in a decent rom-com.
The joke with which he invariably finished almost always made me laugh and, even though it was usually bawdy, my wife would chuckle when I read it out to her.
 
 
 
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