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| bawdy |
indecent or risqué conversation or writing. [1/3 definitions] |
| blue |
(informal) risqué or indecent. [1/8 definitions] |
| bowdlerize |
to omit or modify parts of (a book, play, or the like) that are considered immoral or indecent. |
| crude |
vulgar; indecent. [1/7 definitions] |
| dirty |
lewd; indecent; obscene. [1/10 definitions] |
| flasher |
(informal) a person who engages in indecent exposure. [1/2 definitions] |
| gross |
vulgar or indecent; not refined or educated. [1/9 definitions] |
| improper |
not in keeping with acceptable social behavior; unseemly or indecent. [1/2 definitions] |
| impropriety |
the character or state of being incorrect, unsuitable, or indecent. [1/2 definitions] |
| indecency |
the quality or state of being indecent. [2 definitions] |
| outrage |
an act that causes intense anger or offense by being considered unfair, unjust, grossly inappropriate, or indecent. [1/6 definitions] |
| prurient |
having lewd or indecent thoughts. [1/2 definitions] |
| rank2 |
indecent; disgusting. [1/4 definitions] |
| scabrous |
obscene or salacious; indecent. [1/3 definitions] |
| shameful |
immoral, unjust, or indecent; wrongful. [1/3 definitions] |
| smut |
indecent or obscene pictures or language. [1/6 definitions] |
| smutty |
obscene or indecent, as language or pictures. [1/2 definitions] |
| vulgar |
indecent, obscene, or ostentatious. [1/4 definitions] |
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