ribaldry
noun
1 ribaldry
Ribald humor.
Roget 851:
vulgarity,
vulgarism;
barbarism,
Vandalism,
Gothicism†;
mauvis gout [Fr.],
bad taste;
gaucherie,
awkwardness,
want of tact;
ill-breeding
etc.
(discourtesy)
895.
courseness
etc.
adj.†;
indecorum,
misbehavior.
lowness,
homeliness;
low life,
mauvais ton [Fr.],
rusticity;
boorishness
etc.
adj.;
brutality;
rowdyism,
blackguardism†;
ribaldry;
slang
etc.
(neology)
563.
bad joke,
mauvais plaisanterie [Fr.].
[Excess of ornament]
gaudiness,
tawdriness;
false ornament;
finery,
frippery,
trickery,
tinsel,
gewgaw,
clinquant†;
baroque,
rococo.
rough diamond,
tomboy,
hoyden,
cub,
unlicked cub†;
clown
etc.
(commonalty)
876;
Goth,
Vandal,
Boeotian;
snob,
cad,
gent;
parvenu
etc.
876;
frump,
dowdy;
slattern
etc.
653.
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Roget 908:
malediction,
malison†,
curse,
imprecation,
denunciation,
execration,
anathema,
ban,
proscription,
excommunication,
commination†,
thunders of the Vatican,
fulmination,
maranatha†;
aspersion,
disparagement,
vilification,
vituperation.
abuse;
foul language,
bad language,
strong language,
unparliamentary language;
billingsgate,
sauce,
evil speaking;
cursing
etc.
v.;
profane swearing,
oath;
foul invective,
ribaldry,
rude reproach,
scurrility.
threat
etc.
909;
more bark than bite;
invective
etc.
(disapprobation)
932.
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Roget 961:
impurity;
uncleanness
etc.
(filth)
653;
immodesty;
grossness
etc.
adj.;
indelicacy,
indecency;
impudicity†;
obscenity,
ribaldry,
Fescennine,
smut,
bawdry†,
double entente,
equivoque [Fr.].
concupiscence,
lust,
carnality,
flesh,
salacity;
pruriency,
lechery,
lasciviency†,
lubricity;
Sadism,
sapphism†.
incontinence,
intrigue,
faux pas [Fr.];
amour,
amourette†;
gallantry;
debauchery,
libertinish†,
libertinage†,
fornication;
liaison;
wenching,
venery,
dissipation.
seduction;
defloration,
defilement,
abuse,
violation,
rape;
incest.
prostitution,
social evil,
harlotry,
stupration†,
whoredom,
concubinage,
cuckoldom†,
adultery,
advoutry†,
crim.
con. ;
free love.
seraglio,
harem;
brothel,
bagnio†,
stew,
bawdyhouse†,
cat house,
lupanar†,
house of ill fame,
bordel†,
bordello.
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2 ribaldry
Moby thesaurus: Rabelaisianism, X-rated movie, bad language, bawdiness, bawdry, billingsgate, blue language, blue movie, coarseness, colorful language, crassness, crudeness, crudity, cursing, cussing, dirt, dirtiness, dirty language, dirty movie, dirty talk, dissoluteness, dysphemism, earthiness, erotic art, erotic literature, erotographomania, evil speaking, fescenninity, filth, filthiness, filthy language, foul language, foulness, gaudiness, grossness, iconolagny, immodesty, indecency, indelicacy, lasciviousness, lewdness, licentiousness, looseness, loudness, lubricity, lustfulness, meretriciousness, nastiness, naughtiness, obscenity, offensiveness, pornographic art, pornographic literature, pornographomania, pornography, profane swearing, profanity, raciness, rakishness, rankness, rascality, rawness, roughness, rudeness, salaciousness, salacity, scatology, scurrility, sexploitation, shamelessness, skin flick, smut, smuttiness, soft-core pornography, stag film, strong language, swearing, unparliamentary language, unrepeatable expressions, vile language, vileness, vulgar language, vulgarity, wantonness ... show more.
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