earthy

(ûr'thē)
adj., -i·er, -i·est.

1. Of, consisting of, or resembling earth: an earthy smell.
2. Of or characteristic of this world; worldly.
3. Crude or off-color; indecent: an earthy joke.
4. Hearty or uninhibited; natural: an earthy enjoyment of life.
5. Unadorned and simple in style: an earthy homemade stew.

earthily earth'i·ly adv.
earthiness earth'i·ness n.

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adjective

1. Consisting of or resembling soil: earthen, earthlike, terrestrial. See matter.
2. Relating to or characteristic of the earth or of human life on earth: earthbound, earthen, earthly, mundane, secular, tellurian, telluric, temporal, terrene, terrestrial, worldly. See body/spirit, culture/nature, place.
3. Bordering on indelicacy or impropriety: blue, off-color, provocative, racy, risqué, salty, scabrous, spicy, suggestive. See decent/indecent.

adj

Definition: unsophisticated
Antonyms: cultured, elegant, refined, sophisticated

IN BRIEF: Consisting of or resembling a natural style.

After a fresh rain the air has an earthy smell.

Tutor's tip: The "earthy" (coarse and unrefined) girl had no "earthly" (conceivable or possible) reason to change her personality.

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For a list of words related to earthy, see:

• Warm, Friendly, Sensitive, or Loving

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See words rhyming with "earthy."

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - jordet, jordnær, grov, jordagtig, jord-

Nederlands (Dutch)
grof/ruw, aardachtig

Français (French)
adj. - terreux, de la terre, (fig) matériel, terre à terre, truculent (hum)

Deutsch (German)
adj. - erdig, derb

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - χωματώδης, χωμάτινος, γήινος, τραχύς, άξεστος

Italiano (Italian)
terroso, terrestre, rozzo, sostanzioso

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - terroso

Русский (Russian)
приземленный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - terroso, terrenal, mundano

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - av jord, jordnära, grov, plump

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
土的, 土味的, 土质的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 土的, 土味的, 土質的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 흙의, 땅 속에서 사는, 세속적인

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 土の, 土質の, 粗野な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) كالتراب, فظ‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮ארצי, גשמי, גולמי, לא מעודן‬

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