ribald as a noun: - 1
as an adjective: - 1
ribald
noun
1 ribald
A ribald person; someone who uses vulgar and offensive language.
Dutch: viezerik
Polish: grubianin, ordynus
adjective
1 ribald
Humorously vulgar:
— Ribald language.
synonyms: bawdy, off-color.
Roget 851:
in bad taste vulgar,
unrefined.
coarse,
indecorous,
ribald,
gross;
unseemly,
unbeseeming†,
unpresentable†;
contra bonos mores [Lat.];
ungraceful
etc.
(ugly)
846.
dowdy;
slovenly
etc.
(dirty)
653;
ungenteel,
shabby genteel;
low,
common,
hoi polloi [Gr.],
etc.
(plebeian)
876;
uncourtly†;
uncivil
etc.
(discourteous)
895;
ill bred,
ill mannered;
underbred;
ungentlemanly,
ungentlemanlike;
unladylike,
unfeminine;
wild,
wild as an unbacked colt.
untutored,
unschooled
(ignorant)
491.
unkempt.
uncombed,
untamed,
unlicked†,
unpolished,
uncouth;
plebeian;
incondite†;
heavy,
rude,
awkward;
homely,
homespun,
home bred;
provincial,
countrified,
rustic;
boorish,
clownish;
savage,
brutish,
blackguard,
rowdy,
snobbish;
barbarous,
barbaric;
Gothic,
unclassical†,
doggerel,
heathenish,
tramontane,
outlandish;
uncultivated;
Bohemian.
obsolete
etc.
(antiquated)
124;
unfashionable;
newfangled
etc.
(unfamiliar)
83;
odd
etc.
(ridiculous)
853.
particular;
affected
etc.
855;
meretricious;
extravagant,
monstrous,
horrid;
shocking
etc.
(painful)
830.
gaudy,
tawdry,
overornamented,
baroque,
rococo;
bedizened,
tricked out,
gingerbread;
obtrusive.
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Roget 961:
impure;
unclean
etc.
(dirty)
653;
not to be mentioned to ears polite;
immodest,
shameless;
indecorous,
indelicate,
indecent;
Fescennine;
loose,
risque [Fr.],
coarse,
gross,
broad,
free,
equivocal,
smutty,
fulsome,
ribald,
obscene,
bawdy,
pornographic.
concupiscent,
prurient,
lickerish†,
rampant,
lustful;
carnal,
carnal-minded;
lewd,
lascivious,
lecherous,
libidinous,
erotic,
ruttish,
salacious;
Paphian;
voluptuous;
goatish,
must,
musty.
unchaste,
light,
wanton,
licentious,
debauched,
dissolute;
of loose character,
of easy virtue;
frail,
gay,
riggish†,
incontinent,
meretricious,
rakish,
gallant,
dissipated;
no better than she should be;
on the town,
on the streets,
on the pave,
on the loose.
adulterous,
incestuous,
bestial.
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Roget 874:
disgraced
etc.
v.;
blown upon;
shorn of its beams"
[Milton],
shorn of one's glory;
overcome,
downtrodden;
loaded with shame
etc.
n.;
in bad repute
etc.
n.;
out of repute,
out of favor,
out of fashion,
out of countenance;
at a discount;
under a cloud,
under an eclipse;
unable to show one's face;
in the shade,
in the background;
out at elbows,
down at the elbows,
down in the world.
inglorious;
nameless,
renownless†;
obscure;
unknown to fame;
unnoticed,
unnoted†,
unhonored,
unglorified†.
shameful;
disgraceful,
discreditable,
disreputable;
despicable;
questionable;
unbecoming,
unworthy;
derogatory;
degrading,
humiliating,
infra dignitatem [Lat.],
dedecorous†;
scandalous,
infamous,
too bad,
unmentionable;
ribald,
opprobrious;
errant,
shocking,
outrageous,
notorious.
ignominious,
scrubby,
dirty,
abject,
vile,
beggarly,
pitiful,
low,
mean,
shabby base
etc.
(dishonorable)
940.
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