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bawdy

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore B words

dealing with sex in a humorous, coarse, or indecent way

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Bawdy in a sentence

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The tavern erupted at the comedian's bawdy jokes.

Synonyms
ribaldlewdrisquesalacious
Antonyms
chastedecorous

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The treaty's terms were deliberately blank, allowing each side to interpret the key clauses in whatever way best suited its own interests.

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Bawdy (adjective) means dealing with sex in a humorous, coarse, or indecent way
Here is bawdy used in an example sentence: "The tavern erupted at the comedian's bawdy jokes."
Common synonyms for bawdy include ribald, lewd, risque, salacious.
Antonyms of bawdy include chaste, decorous.
Bawdy is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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