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Synonyms for bawdy

Most common

off-color lascivious smutty ribald

All synonyms

Adjective

Other

bawdish rare

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Obscene; filthy; unchaste.

Related words

Word family
bawdiness
Phrases
bawdy house

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
bawdyrising
lasciviousrising
smuttyrising
ribaldsteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
vile1, lewd1
5 letters
dirty2
6 letters
filthy2, erotic3, vulgar2, coarse1, impure2, smutty2, ribald2
7 letters
naughty2, obscene2, profane2, raunchy2, bawdish
8 letters
indecent3, immodest, unchaste
9 letters
salacious3
10 letters
lascivious4
11 letters
ithyphallic

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (dirty2 = 2 syllables).

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