ADJECTIVE | all | off-color, indelicate, off-colour | in violation of good taste even verging on the indecent |
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all | off-color, bawdy, ribald | humorously vulgar |
Meaning | In violation of good taste even verging on the indecent. | |
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Example | "an off-color joke" | |
Synonyms | indelicate, off-colour | |
Broader | tasteless | lacking aesthetic or social taste |
Spanish | indelicado |
Meaning | humorously vulgar. | |
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Example | "off-color jokes" | |
Synonyms | bawdy, ribald | |
Broader | dirty | (of behavior or especially language) characterized by obscenity or indecency |
Spanish | escabroso, obsceno, verde | |
Catalan | escabrós, obscè, verd |
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