What is another word for bawdry?

Pronunciation: [bˈɔːdɹi] (IPA)

The term "bawdry" refers to language or behavior that is considered vulgar or offensive, often associated with lewd or sexual content. Synonyms for this term include obscenity, indecency, lewdness, smuttiness, crudeness, vulgarity, and ribaldry. More informal synonyms might include sleaze, raunchiness, or filth. These words are typically used to describe content that is not appropriate for all audiences, whether it be in literature, film, or conversation. While some may find this kind of language amusing or entertaining, many others find it offensive or distasteful. As such, these terms should be used with discretion and sensitivity to the audience in question.

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What are the hypernyms for Bawdry?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the hyponyms for Bawdry?

Hyponyms are more specific words categorized under a broader term, known as a hypernym.
  • hyponyms for bawdry (as nouns)

What are the opposite words for bawdry?

Bawdry, a word meaning obscene or vulgar language, has several antonyms. Some of the opposite words for bawdry include decency, propriety, modesty, purity, and morality. Decency refers to the quality of being proper and suitable in behaviour, speech or dress. Propriety is a synonym for decency that is used to describe speech or behaviour that is appropriate and respectful. Modesty is the quality of being humble and restrained in behaviour, speech, and dress. Purity refers to the absence of anything that is morally wrong or contaminating. And morality is the set of principles and values that govern one's behaviour and choices, often considered as the opposite of bawdry.

What are the antonyms for Bawdry?

Usage examples for Bawdry

Possibly this is its primary significance in Hamlet's mind, for shortly afterwards he satirically says of Polonius to the players: "He's for a jig, or a tale of bawdry, or he sleeps."
"The Three Heron's Feathers"
Hermann Sudermann
But then wrought I my craft of bawdry; I bade Crito go up, and make himself room To hide him in my chamber among the broom.
"A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume I."
R. Dodsley
Indeed, it is a Puritan lie, though it seems to possess the vivaciousness of its class, that the romances are distinguished by "bold bawdry."
"The English Novel"
George Saintsbury

Famous quotes with Bawdry

  • In our fathers' time nothing was read but books of feigned chivalry, wherein a man by reading should be led to none other end, but only to manslaughter and bawdry.
    Roger Ascham

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