bawdry
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9.9
- noun
- /ˈbɔːdri/
- NSFW
:
obscenidad
- Syphilis as the "king's evil" and the chancre projected as the sun's rays might have been lifted from Measure for Measure's bawdry.
Examples
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Idylls of the King is a fairly typical Victorian bowdlerization that accepted the prevailing attitude of the time that Le Morte d'Arthur was little more than 'bold bawdry and open manslaughter.'
Fiction book (1999) -
"It is one of those ailments which do infect those who engage overmuch in bawdry."
Fiction book (1993) -
When he and Hamlet are initially talking to the traveling players, Hamlet ribs him by saying that he falls asleep at a performance unless it's a "jig or a tale of bawdry."
Academic text (2002) -
His songs, many of them published in Pills to Purge Melancholy (1719-20), are mostly low-life bawdry.
Academic text (2002) -
Many comedians use bawdry in their routines to elicit laughter from the audience.
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The novel was criticized for its excessive bawdry and lack of meaningful content.
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His conversation was filled with bawdry, making others feel uncomfortable around him.
Synonyms
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7.4
A lack of good taste and politeness in speech or behavior
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7.9
Sexual words or actions that are rude and offensive
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9.9
A way of acting that uses sexual words and images to shock or excite people
Sexual talk or writing that is rude and shocking
A type of indecent sexual joke or language
Antonyms
How Indecent
- Offensive
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7.2
- Offensive
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7.4
- NSFW
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9.9
- Offensive
- NSFW
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8.4
- NSFW
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8.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Bawdry comes from bawd, an old word meaning 'a woman who ran a brothel', plus the ending -ry that makes a noun. So bawdry is the kind of lewd or sexual talk and jokes linked to brothels, which is why it now means obscene talk.