Usually means: Crude, obscene humor; often sexual.
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  1. ribald: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. ribald: Merriam-Webster
  3. ribald: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. ribald: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. ribald: Collins English Dictionary
  6. ribald: Vocabulary.com
  7. Ribald, ribald: Wordnik
  8. ribald: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. ribald: Wiktionary
  10. ribald: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. ribald: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. ribald: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Ribald, ribald: Dictionary.com
  14. ribald (n.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. ribald: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Ribald: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Ribald: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. ribald: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. ribald: Rhymezone
  20. ribald: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. ribald: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. ribald: FreeDictionary.org
  23. ribald: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. ribald: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ribald: Legal dictionary

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  1. ribald: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ribald: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (ribald)

▸ adjective:  Coarsely, vulgarly, or lewdly amusing; referring to sexual matters in a rude or irreverent way.
▸ noun:  A person who is filthy or vulgar in nature.

Similar:
bawdy, dirty, off-color, ribaldrous, ribaldish, ribaudrous, sleazy, rude, riotous, raunchy, more...

Opposite:
decorous, staid, proper

Types:
bawdy, salacious, risqué, racy, smutty, coarse, crude, crass, more...

Adjectives:
lazy, notorious, audacious, corrupt, infamous, ignorant, old

Colors:
    crimson,     scarlet,     burgundy,     maroon,     ruby, more...
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Similar:
bawdy, dirty, off-color, ribaldrous, ribaldish, ribaudrous, sleazy, rude, riotous, raunchy, more...

Opposite:
decorous, staid, proper

Types:
bawdy, salacious, risqué, racy, smutty, coarse, crude, crass, more...

Adjectives:
lazy, notorious, audacious, corrupt, infamous, ignorant, old

Colors:
    crimson,     scarlet,     burgundy,     maroon,     ruby, more...



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