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[ baw-dee ] / ˈbɔ di / SEE SYNONYMS FOR bawdy ON THESAURUS.COM
adjective, bawd·i·er, bawd·i·est.indecent; lewd; obscene: another of his bawdy stories. nouncoarse or indecent talk or writing; bawdry; bawdiness: a collection of Elizabethan bawdy. Origin of bawdyFirst recorded in 1505–15; bawd + -y1 SYNONYMS FOR bawdy1 lascivious, salacious, prurient, earthy, risqué, ribald, coarse, licentious, raunchy. SEE SYNONYMS FOR bawdy ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM bawdybawd·i·ly, adverbbawd·i·ness, nounWords nearby bawdybavin, bawbee, bawcock, bawd, bawdry, bawdy, bawdyhouse, bawl, bawl out, bawn, bawneen Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for bawdyMore than bawdy, though, The Ball adds a familiar unpretentiousness to trendy locales like Tao, Lavo, The Park, and Dream Hotel. The Craziest Date Night for Single Jews, Where Mistletoe Is Ditched for Shots|Emily Shire|December 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST Note the bawdy pun in the first example, by which the speaker implies that she came last night. Beauty and Subversion in the Secret Poems of Afghan Women|Daniel Bosch|April 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST Never one to mince her words, Leakes is as bawdy as they get on reality television. ‘Ebony’ Cover With NeNe Leakes Unleashes a Firestorm of Criticism|Karu F. Daniels|November 27, 2012|DAILY BEAST The bawdy jokes that followed may have helped a politician who looks like he was born in a suit. The Unzipping of Mitt Romney: an Effort to Show His Softer Side|Howard Kurtz|April 10, 2012|DAILY BEAST
But the book is also at times funny, bawdy, and optimistic, as is Lloyd herself. Standing Up for Women|Jennie Yabroff|April 6, 2011|DAILY BEAST Eight men marched one evening into Llanyglo, bawling a bawdy chorus, with Sam Kerr showing the way. Mushroom Town|Oliver Onions His mirth is bawdy jests with the wenches, and, behind the door, bawdy earnest. Microcosmography|John Earle A Tobacco shop and a Bawdy house are coincident; for smoke is not without fire. The Works of John Marston|John Marston The setting is a ranch of Mexican tradition in the lower border country of Texas, also saloons and bawdy houses of border towns. Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest|J. Frank Dobie In the devil's name, said the damosel, that such a bawdy kitchen knave should have thee and thirty knights' service. Le Morte D'Arthur, Volume I (of II)|Thomas Malory
British Dictionary definitions for bawdy
adjective bawdier or bawdiest(of language, plays, etc) containing references to sex, esp to be humorous nounobscenity or eroticism, esp in writing or drama Derived forms of bawdybawdily, adverbbawdiness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to bawdyrude, ribald, off-color, obscene, erotic, lewd, blue, gross, cheap, coarse, indecent, indecorous, indelicate, lascivious, lecherous, libidinous, licentious, lustful, prurient, risqué |