What is another word for off-color?
379 synonyms found
What is off-color?
How are things off color?
Pronunciation:
[ ˈɒfkˈʌlə], [ ˈɒfkˈʌlə], [ ˈɒ_f_k_ˈʌ_l_ə]
"Off-color" refers to something that is inappropriate, vulgar, or offensive. It's a subjective term that is commonly used to describe language, jokes, or behavior that crosses societal norms. However, there are many other synonyms for the word "off-color" that can be used to more precisely describe the type of behavior or language in question. Some of the most common synonyms for "off-color" include risque, suggestive, bawdy, raunchy, crude, vulgar, indelicate, and inappropriate. While all of these words can be used to describe similar things, each carries its own nuances and connotations that can help to more accurately describe the nature of the behavior or language in question.
Related words: off color, in poor taste, tasteless, off-key, in bad taste, off-key, lacking sensitivity, in bad taste
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Synonyms for Off-color:
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adj.
• dirty • low • raunchy • sickly • tasteless • X-rated • aberrant- flaky ,
- more nonstandard ,
- more off base ,
- more off-base ,
- more offbase ,
- most nonstandard ,
- most off base ,
- most off-base ,
- most offbase ,
- non standard ,
- oddest ,
- off base ,
- off color ,
- offbase ,
- offcolor ,
- out line ,
- psycho ,
- un usual ,
- un-usual .
- Heteroclite ,
- Heteromorphic ,
- extra-ordinary ,
- funnier ,
- grodier ,
- grodiest ,
- gross ,
- hetero clite ,
- hetero-clite ,
- irregular ,
- more curious ,
- more deviate ,
- more heteroclite ,
- more heteromorphic ,
- more spastic ,
- most deviate ,
- most heteroclite ,
- most heteromorphic ,
- most spastic ,
- screwy ,
- un common ,
- un commoner ,
- un commonest ,
- un expected ,
- un natural ,
- un orthodox ,
- un-common ,
- un-commoner ,
- un-commonest ,
- un-expected ,
- un-natural ,
- un-orthodox .
- foul mouthed ,
- gruff ,
- impure ,
- in cult ,
- in culter ,
- in cultest ,
- in elegant ,
- in-cult ,
- in-culter ,
- in-cultest ,
- in-elegant ,
- inculter ,
- incultest ,
- lowdown and dirty ,
- lowdown dirty ,
- more brutish ,
- more foul mouthed ,
- more foul-mouthed ,
- more lowbred ,
- more roughneck ,
- more vulgarian ,
- most brutish ,
- most foul mouthed ,
- most foul-mouthed ,
- most lowbred ,
- most roughneck ,
- most vulgarian ,
- un civil ,
- un couth ,
- un cultivated ,
- un cultured ,
- un-civil ,
- un-couth ,
- un-cultivated ,
- un-cultured ,
- vulgarian .
- fleshly ,
- more erogenous ,
- more titillating ,
- more venereal ,
- most erogenous ,
- most titillating ,
- most venereal ,
- rousing ,
- sensual ,
- sexual .
- ill bred ,
- in decent ,
- in-decent ,
- more ill bred ,
- more ill-bred ,
- more illbred ,
- more undecorous ,
- most ill bred ,
- most ill-bred ,
- most illbred ,
- most undecorous ,
- un becoming ,
- un decorous ,
- un seemlier ,
- un seemliest ,
- un seemly ,
- un-becoming ,
- un-decorous ,
- un-seemlier ,
- un-seemliest .
- evil minded ,
- evilminded ,
- in continent ,
- in-continent ,
- incontinent ,
- low down ,
- more low down ,
- more low-down ,
- more lowdown ,
- more orgiastic ,
- more soft core ,
- more soft-core ,
- more softcore ,
- most low down ,
- most low-down ,
- most lowdown ,
- most orgiastic ,
- most soft core ,
- most soft-core ,
- most softcore ,
- soft core ,
- soft-core ,
- softcore .
- beastlier ,
- beastliest ,
- de testable ,
- de-testable ,
- dis agreeable ,
- dis likable ,
- dis pleasing ,
- dis-agreeable ,
- dis-likable ,
- dis-pleasing ,
- heelest ,
- in sufferable ,
- in-sufferable ,
- more dislikable ,
- more hateable ,
- most dislikable ,
- most hateable ,
- objectionable ,
- pain in neck ,
- pain neck ,
- pain the neck ,
- pillest ,
- re prehensible ,
- re-prehensible ,
- un pleasant ,
- un-pleasant .
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n.
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- CODED ,
- acid ,
- acrid ,
- allusive ,
- astringent ,
- backhanded ,
- biting ,
- bland ,
- cheap ,
- cutting .
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- health .
Other synonyms:
- low .
- ailing ,
- hoary ,
- indisposed ,
- provocative ,
- rocky ,
- salty ,
- saucy ,
- sickly .
Other relevant words:
- Critically Ill ,
- Faintish ,
- X-rated ,
- aberrant ,
- abnormal ,
- abominable ,
- atrocious ,
- bad ,
- below par ,
- broach ,
- clashing ,
- coarse ,
- colliding ,
- conflicting ,
- criminal ,
- daring ,
- delinquent ,
- deviant ,
- different ,
- discordant ,
- disgraceful ,
- down ,
- erotic ,
- evil ,
- faint ,
- feeling awful ,
- harsh ,
- ignominious ,
- ill ,
- illegal ,
- immodest ,
- improper ,
- in danger ,
- inappropriate ,
- incongruous ,
- incorrect ,
- indecent ,
- indecorous ,
- infamous ,
- inharmonious ,
- laid low ,
- lascivious ,
- lurid ,
- mean ,
- mortally ill ,
- not done ,
- off ,
- off-base ,
- off-tone ,
- offensive ,
- offish ,
- out-of-line ,
- philistine ,
- poorly ,
- pornographic ,
- purple ,
- raunchy ,
- risky ,
- risque ,
- sacrilegious ,
- scandalous ,
- seedy ,
- sexy ,
- shady ,
- shameful ,
- shameless ,
- sick ,
- sickish ,
- sinful ,
- suggestive ,
- terrible ,
- under the weather ,
- undue ,
- unfit ,
- unfitting ,
- unlawful ,
- unrighteous ,
- unseemly ,
- unsuitable ,
- unwell ,
- wicked ,
- wrong ,
- wrongful .
- Heeler ,
- Incult ,
- Piller ,
- amoral ,
- bawdy ,
- big mouth ,
- brutish ,
- dirty ,
- dislikable ,
- erogenous ,
- extra ordinary ,
- foul-mouthed ,
- grody ,
- hard core ,
- hateable ,
- ill-bred ,
- illbred ,
- in bad taste ,
- low-down ,
- low-down and dirty ,
- low-down dirty ,
- lowbred ,
- lowdown ,
- non-standard ,
- nonstandard ,
- obnoxious ,
- orgiastic ,
- out of line ,
- porn ,
- porno ,
- rascally ,
- ribald ,
- spastic ,
- tasteless ,
- undecorous ,
- unvirtuous ,
- venereal .
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How to use "Off-color" in context?
When most people think of "off-color," they likely think of something like a dirty joke or a racy story. But what about the more subtle, but no less offensive, moments? When topics like sex and race are brought up, it can sometimes feel like no matter how innocent the conversation might seem, something taboo is bound to happen.
Some people might say that these moments are just jokes, but for many people, those jokes can feel uncomfortable and offensive. And whether or not something is actually off-color often depends on individual taste.
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