Need another word that means the same as “earthy”? Find 21 synonyms and 30 related words for “earthy” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Earthy” are: crude, gross, vulgar, bawdy, ribald, off colour, racy, rude, lewd, foul, coarse, uncouth, rough, dirty, filthy, smutty, unseemly, indelicate, indecent, indecorous, obscene
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “earthy” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
| coarse | Relating to the sport of angling for coarse fish. The wine is harsh tannic and coarse. |
| crude | Belonging to an early stage of technical development characterized by simplicity and often crudeness. A relatively crude nuclear weapon. |
| filthy | Obscene and offensive. Filthy language. |
| foul | Of a baseball not hit between the foul lines. It sometimes becomes advantageous to anchor during the periods of foul tide. |
| gross | Repellently fat. Gross negligence. |
| indecent | Offensive to good taste especially in sexual matters. They leaped on the suggestion with indecent haste. |
| indecorous | Not in keeping with good taste and propriety; improper. Indecorous behavior. |
| indelicate | Slightly indecent. An indelicate remark. |
| lewd | Suggestive of or tending to moral looseness. Lewd pictures. |
| obscene | Designed to incite to indecency or lust-Margaret Mead. Obscene jokes. |
| off colour | Not in operation or operational. |
| ribald | Humorously vulgar. He was delighted at the ribald laughter that greeted his witticism. |
| rough | Violently agitated and turbulent- Ezra Pound. They were rough and determined fighting men. |
| rude | Belonging to an early stage of technical development characterized by simplicity and often crudeness. A rude coffin. |
| uncouth | Lacking refinement or cultivation or taste. He is unwashed uncouth and drunk most of the time. |
| unseemly | (of behaviour or actions) not proper or appropriate. Unseemly to use profanity. |
| actuality | Existing conditions or facts. The building looked as impressive in actuality as it did in magazines. |
| billingsgate | Foul-mouthed or obscene abuse. |
| coarse | Relating to the sport of angling for coarse fish. The wine is harsh tannic and coarse. |
| commoner | (at some British universities) an undergraduate who does not have a scholarship. This is the story of the commoner who married a king. |
| deprave | Make (someone) immoral or wicked. This book would deprave and corrupt young children. |
| filth | Obscene and offensive language or printed material. Stagnant pools of filth. |
| gaudy | (Britain) a celebratory reunion feast or entertainment held a college. Silver bows and gaudy ribbons. |
| inappropriate | Not in keeping with what is correct or proper. Put inappropriate pressure on them. |
| indecent | Not appropriate or fitting. An indecent gesture. |
| indecorous | Not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society. A pub crawl with sundry indecorous adventures. |
| indelicate | Verging on the indecent. An indelicate remark. |
| irreverent | Showing a lack of respect for people or things that are generally taken seriously. A certain irreverent gaiety and ease of manner. |
| lewd | Crude and offensive in a sexual way. She began to gyrate to the music and sing a lewd song. |
| licentious | Promiscuous and unprincipled in sexual matters. Unlike many of the artists who frequented the Soho scene of the 1960s he did not lead a licentious life. |
| obscene | (of the portrayal or description of sexual matters) offensive or disgusting by accepted standards of morality and decency. The obscene massacre at Wounded Knee. |
| obscenity | The trait of behaving in an obscene manner. A stream of invective and obscenity. |
| plebeian | A member of the lower social classes. He is a man of plebeian tastes. |
| prurient | Characterized by lust. She d been the subject of much prurient curiosity. |
| raunchy | Suggestive of or tending to moral looseness. His raunchy new novel. |
| realistic | Aware or expressing awareness of things as they really are. I thought we had a realistic chance of winning. |
| ribald | A ribald person someone who uses vulgar and offensive language. A ribald comment. |
| ridiculously | So as to cause surprise or disbelief. It had been ridiculously easy to track him down. |
| salacious | Characterized by lust. Salacious stories. |
| unbecoming | (of behaviour) not fitting or appropriate; unseemly. It was unbecoming for a university to do anything so crass as advertising its wares. |
| uncouth | Lacking good manners, refinement, or grace. Uncouth sketches of peasants. |
| unseemly | Not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society. An unseemly squabble. |
| vulgarity | The state or quality of being vulgar. He was seen as the embodiment of the vulgarity of the 1980s. |
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