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[ awf-kuhl-er, of- ] / ˈɔfˈkʌl ər, ˈɒf- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR off-color ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivenot having the usual or standard color: an off-color gem. of doubtful propriety or taste; risqué: an off-color joke. not in one's usual health: to feel off-color. Also especially British, off-col·our . Also off-col·ored (for defs. 1, 2) . Origin of off-colorFirst recorded in 1855–60 SYNONYMS FOR off-color2 racy, spicy, salty, earthy, blue. SEE SYNONYMS FOR off-color ON THESAURUS.COM Words nearby off-coloroff-campus, offcast, off-center, off-centre, off chance, off-color, off colour, offcut, off-duty, Offenbach, offence Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for off-colorTheir job is to fire you up, whether via jaw-dropping sports highlight or off-color pronouncement. ESPN: The Worldwide Leader in Pricks|Marlow Stern|July 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST Meanwhile, Farage has been slammed for his own off-color remarks about Romanians. Elections Could Be the Beginning of the End for Europe|Tracy McNicoll, Nadette De Visser|May 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST The n-word might out of bounds, but an off-color comment, racial in tone? Why Reality Stars Like Duck Dynasty’s Phil Robertson Can’t Be Real|Tricia Romano|December 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST Over his long career, Rush Limbaugh has suffered astonishingly little blowback for off-color remarks. Racism Is a Tough Sell: The Real Reason Everyone Dumped Paula Deen|Daniel Gross|June 28, 2013|DAILY BEAST
But this is what Edwards has been relegated to: a morbid curiosity, a cautionary tale, a punchline to off-color jokes. Edwards’s Life in Exile|Michelle Cottle|June 20, 2011|DAILY BEAST Take away these off-color peaches and bring me something first class. Jupiter Lights|Constance Fenimore Woolson A thing to be forgotten always is the off-color story with which some people persist in polluting the atmosphere. The Book of Courage|John Thomson Faris The painted stone may be detected by washing it with alcohol, when the dye will be removed and the off-color will become apparent. A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public|Frank Bertram Wade Wherever three or four men are gathered together, they rapidly organize a clearing-house of off-color stories. He tried to tell me an off-color story and forgot the point of it, if indeed it had any point. Europe Revised|Irvin S. Cobb
Words related to off-colorsuggestive, vulgar, salty, racy, blue, indelicate, purple, shady, wicked |