smutty
/ˈsmʌti
/adjective (smuttier, smuttiest)
(Of talk, writing, or pictures) obscene or lascivious: smutty jokes...
- Like all successful infomercials he uses sexual desire to sell his product, with the animators relishing in the opportunity to create smutty and suggestive scenes.
- The lyrics to this very hummable song are extremely naughty, not smutty or crude, just enjoyably naughty.
- Last year a bunch of staff at The New York Times were fired for sending ‘offensive’ and smutty emails.
Synonyms
vulgar, dirty, rude, filthy, crude, offensive, salacious, coarse, obscene, indecent, lewd, pornographic, X-rated, risqué, racy, broad, earthy, bawdy, Rabelaisian, spicy, suggestive, titillating, improper, naughty, indelicate, indecorous, ribald, off colour, locker-room
informal blue, raunchy
British informal fruity, near the knuckle, saucy
North American informal gamy
euphemistic adult
Derivatives
smuttily
- Educate them early by talking openly, but not smuttily or guiltily, about the pleasures of the flesh.
- It would seem that this is the moment Ron's been waiting for all episode as he gets to be smuttily punny in front of a huge group of people.
- Do you find yourself gazing longingly and rather smuttily at Cheetara as she disports in her tight-fitting leotard?
smuttiness
- The play was virtually unseen for 200 years, cast off for smuttiness and ‘perversity’.
- Ronnie Barker was brilliant with the English language whereas today's comedians have to rely on crudeness, smuttiness and sexual innuendo to raise a laugh.
- Censorship is the cause of smuttiness, in the past inhibited, combined with an uneducated population who are ignorant, and sometimes, very frightened of their own natural sexual behaviour.