What is another word for ribald?
Pronunciation:
[ ɹˈɪbɔːld], [ ɹˈɪbɔːld], [ ɹ_ˈɪ_b_ɔː_l_d]
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Similar words for ribald:
- dirty (adjective)
- disreputable (adjective)
- earthy (adjective)
- humorous (adjective)
- obscene (adjective)
- coarse (adjective)
- gross (adjective)
- lascivious (adjective)
- lewd (adjective)
- philistine (adjective)
- risque (adjective)
- scurrilous (adjective)
- shameful (adjective)
- spicy (adjective)
- vulgar (adjective)
- vulgar, obscene (adjective)
- clown (noun)
- person (noun)
- boorish
- coarse
- indecent
- lewd
- noun
- other relevant words (adjective)
- other relevant words (noun)
- other relevant words (verb)
Synonyms for Ribald:
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adj.
• dirty • disreputable- contemptible ,
- dishonorable ,
- disreputable ,
- dubious ,
- infamous ,
- louche ,
- nefarious ,
- notorious ,
- questionable ,
- risque ,
- shady ,
- shifty .
- campier ,
- campiest ,
- campy ,
- too funny for words ,
- facetious ,
- farcical ,
- hilarious ,
- laughable ,
- side-splitting ,
- witty .
- foul mouthed ,
- gruff ,
- 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 refined ,
- un-civil ,
- un-couth ,
- un-cultivated ,
- un-cultured ,
- un-refined .
- in gutter ,
- in sensitive ,
- in-sensitive ,
- loudmouthed ,
- low minded ,
- lowminded ,
- more barnyard ,
- more swinish ,
- more undiscriminating ,
- most barnyard ,
- most swinish ,
- most undiscriminating ,
- sexual ,
- un discriminating ,
- un feeling ,
- un seemlier ,
- un seemliest ,
- un seemly ,
- un sophisticated ,
- un-discriminating ,
- un-seemlier ,
- un-seemliest ,
- un-seemly .
- 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 ,
- x rated ,
- xrated .
- ill bred ,
- more ill bred ,
- more ill-bred ,
- more illbred ,
- most ill bred ,
- most ill-bred ,
- most illbred ,
- un civilized ,
- un polished ,
- un-civilized .
- in discreet ,
- in-discreet ,
- more amoral ,
- more off base ,
- more off-base ,
- more offbase ,
- more out of line ,
- more out-of-line ,
- most amoral ,
- most off base ,
- most off-base ,
- most offbase ,
- most out of line ,
- most out-of-line ,
- offbase .
- in famous ,
- more invective ,
- more offending ,
- more vituperatory ,
- more vituperous ,
- most invective ,
- most offending ,
- most vituperatory ,
- most vituperous .
- de grading ,
- de-grading ,
- dis graceful ,
- dis honorable ,
- dis-graceful ,
- dis-honorable ,
- embarrassing ,
- in temperate ,
- in-temperate ,
- more mortifying ,
- more shaming ,
- most mortifying ,
- most shaming ,
- re prehensible ,
- re probate ,
- re-prehensible ,
- re-probate ,
- un becoming ,
- un worthier ,
- un worthiest ,
- un worthy ,
- un-becoming ,
- un-worthier ,
- un-worthiest .
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n.
• clown • person Other synonyms:
- Fescennine ,
- cornball ,
- corny ,
- jokey ,
- lewd ,
- raunchy ,
- scatologic ,
- unfunny .
- barnyard ,
- coarse ,
- foul ,
- hoary ,
- saucy ,
- scatological ,
- shameful ,
- suggestive .
- smutty .
- broad .
Other relevant words:
- rude .
- Concupiscent ,
- Dedecorous ,
- Epithetic ,
- Excommunicatory ,
- Execratory ,
- Fulminatory ,
- Goatish ,
- Imprecatory ,
- Ithyphallic ,
- Looby ,
- Lubricous ,
- Mucker ,
- Paphian ,
- Ribaud ,
- Scurrile ,
- Unbeseeming ,
- X-rated ,
- abandoned ,
- abominable ,
- abusive ,
- amoral ,
- animal ,
- arriviste ,
- babbitt ,
- bad ,
- base ,
- bawdy ,
- beast ,
- blackguard ,
- blasphemous ,
- blue ,
- boor ,
- bounder ,
- bourgeois ,
- brute ,
- buffoon ,
- bully ,
- cad ,
- calumniatory ,
- calumnious ,
- carnal ,
- cat ,
- churl ,
- clod ,
- clown ,
- comminatory ,
- common ,
- contumelious ,
- corrupt ,
- crass ,
- crude ,
- cur ,
- cursing ,
- cyprian ,
- damnatory ,
- debauched ,
- debauchee ,
- degenerate ,
- degrading ,
- denunciatory ,
- depraved ,
- derogatory ,
- despicable ,
- devil ,
- devilish ,
- dirty ,
- dirty-minded ,
- discreditable ,
- disgraceful ,
- disgusting ,
- dissolute ,
- dysphemistic ,
- earthy ,
- enfant terrible ,
- equivocal ,
- erotic ,
- errant ,
- evil-minded ,
- explicit ,
- fast ,
- foul-mouthed ,
- foul-spoken ,
- free ,
- fulsome ,
- gamy ,
- gaudy ,
- goon ,
- groundling ,
- gutter ,
- guttersnipe ,
- hircine ,
- hooligan ,
- horny ,
- hostler ,
- hot ,
- humiliating ,
- humorous ,
- ill-bred ,
- ill-bred fellow ,
- immodest ,
- immoral ,
- improper ,
- impure ,
- inappropriate ,
- indecent ,
- indecorous ,
- indelicacy ,
- indelicate ,
- inelegant ,
- insult ,
- jockey ,
- juicy ,
- knave ,
- lascivious ,
- lecher ,
- lecherous ,
- libertine ,
- libidinous ,
- licentious ,
- loathsome ,
- locker room ,
- loon ,
- loose ,
- loud ,
- lout ,
- low ,
- lubricious ,
- lurid ,
- lustful ,
- lusty ,
- meretricious ,
- mischief ,
- off ,
- off-color ,
- off-colour ,
- offensive ,
- opprobrious ,
- ostler ,
- outrageous ,
- parvenu ,
- peasant ,
- philistine ,
- pornographic ,
- porny ,
- provocative ,
- prurient ,
- purple ,
- rabelaisian ,
- racy ,
- rake ,
- randy ,
- rapscallion ,
- rascal ,
- rascally ,
- raw ,
- repulsive ,
- ribaldry ,
- rogue ,
- rough ,
- roughneck ,
- rowdy ,
- ruffian ,
- ruttish ,
- salacious ,
- salty ,
- satyric ,
- scabrous ,
- scalawag ,
- scamp ,
- scandalous ,
- scoundrel ,
- scurrility ,
- seductive ,
- sensual ,
- sex ,
- sexy ,
- shameless ,
- shocking ,
- sly ,
- slyboots ,
- sordid ,
- spicy ,
- stag ,
- stimulating ,
- sultry ,
- taboo ,
- tabu ,
- tasteless ,
- thersitical ,
- tiger ,
- titillating ,
- too bad ,
- trashy ,
- ugly ,
- unbecoming ,
- unchaste ,
- unclean ,
- uncouth ,
- ungentlemanly ,
- ungraceful ,
- uninhibited ,
- unladylike ,
- unmentionable ,
- unpresentable ,
- unprintable ,
- unrefined ,
- unrepeatable ,
- unrestrained ,
- unseemly ,
- unvirtuous ,
- unworthy ,
- upstart ,
- venomous ,
- vile ,
- villain ,
- vituperative ,
- voluptuous ,
- vulgarian ,
- wanton ,
- wild ,
- yokel .
- Incult ,
- brutish ,
- hard core ,
- illbred ,
- in bad taste ,
- in the gutter ,
- low-down ,
- lowbred ,
- lowdown ,
- off-base ,
- orgiastic ,
- out of line ,
- out-of-line ,
- red hot ,
- swinish ,
- undiscriminating ,
- vituperatory ,
- vituperous .
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How to use "Ribald" in context?
Ribald, as a word, signifies not just the act of joking, but of being unrestrained and uninhibited in one's speech or actions. Oftentimes ribald is used in a good way, in order to lighten the mood or toiven people's spirits. Ribald boasting or jeerfelty humor are often viewed as positive expressions because they are seen as poking fun at ourselves in a fun way. However, there can be darker implications when ribaldism becomes a way of life, with people disregarding the feelings and needs of others.
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