off-color
adjective
off-col·or ˈȯf-ˈkə-lər 
variants or off-colored
ˈȯf-ˈkə-lərd
1
a
: not having the right or standard color
b
: being out of sorts
2
a
: of doubtful propriety : dubious
b
: verging on the indecent
off-color remarks
Synonyms
- bawdy
- blue
- gamy
- gamey
- lewd
- off
- racy
- ribald
- risqué
- salty
- spicy
- suggestive
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Word History
First Known Use
1854, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
off-color
adjective
variants or off-colored
as in suggestive
hinting at or intended to call to mind matters regarded as indecent the movie was rated PG-13 for some swearing and off-color jokes Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- suggestive
- ribald
- bawdy
- risqué
- obscene
- lewd
- spicy
- pornographic
- blue
- racy
- vulgar
- salty
- off
- gamy
- gamey
- raunchy
- foul
- crude
- leering
- coarse
- smutty
- indecent
- gross
- unprintable
- earthy
- lascivious
- filthy
- prurient
- indelicate
- barnyard
- naughty
- indecorous
- unpublishable
- immodest
- dirty
- X-rated
- warm
- gutter
- porny
- nasty
- stag
- locker-room
- coarse-grained
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- innocuous
- decent
- clean
- inoffensive
- G-rated
- puritanical
- prudish
- nonobscene
- staid
- priggish
- polite
- correct
- straitlaced
- straightlaced
- proper
- prim
- genteel
- decorous
- nice
- respectable
- seemly
- Victorian