ribald

(rĭb'əld, rī'bôld')
adj.
Characterized by or indulging in vulgar, lewd humor.

n.
A vulgar, lewdly funny person.

[From Middle English ribaud, ribald person, from Old French, from riber, to be wanton, of Germanic origin.]

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adjective

Offensive to accepted standards of decency: barnyard, bawdy, broad, coarse, dirty, Fescennine, filthy, foul, gross, lewd, nasty, obscene, profane, scatologic, scatological, scurrilous, smutty, vulgar. Slang raunchy. See decent/indecent.

adj

Definition: vulgar, obscene
Antonyms: chaste, clean, decent

IN BRIEF: Crude; characterized by coarse indecent humor.

The crowd laughed at the comedian's occasional ribald joke.

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• Vulgar, Rude, Degenerate, or Wild

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - sjofel, fræk, grov
n. - person, der er sjofel/fræk/grov

Nederlands (Dutch)
vulgair, onfatsoenlijk

Français (French)
adj. - paillard
n. - paillard

Deutsch (German)
n. - Person, die unanständige Wörter benutzt
adj. - zotig, derb

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - βωμολόχος, αισχρολόγος
adj. - σκαμπρόζικος, σκανδαλιστικός, σόκιν

Italiano (Italian)
sboccato, scurrile

Português (Portuguese)
n. - grosseirão (m), pessoa irreverente (f)
adj. - irreverente, obsceno

Русский (Russian)
скабрезный, непристойный, грубый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - obsceno, verde
n. - persona desfachatada o verde

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - oanständighet
adj. - oanständig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
说话猥亵的, 卑贱的, 下流的, 说话猥亵的人, 说话粗鄙的人

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 說話猥褻的, 卑賤的, 下流的
n. - 說話猥褻的人, 說話粗鄙的人

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 입이 건(추잡한) 말을 하는, 상스러운
n. - 야비한 말, 품위가 낮음

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - みだらなことを言う, 下劣な, みだらな, 下品な
n. - 下劣なことを言う人

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) البذي, السفيه (صفه) بذي, سفيه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮של ניבול פה, גס‬
n. - ‮מנבל פיו, גס‬

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