ribaldry
Vulgar comedic content
Ribaldry is crude, vulgar humor—jokes and language dealing with sex, bodily functions, or other topics considered indecent.
The word suggests earthiness rather than genuine offense: bawdy stories, dirty limericks, locker-room banter.
The play's ribaldry delighted some audiences and scandalized others.
Someone given to ribaldry is ribald.
Indecent word or act
- lewdnessCrude sexual indecency
- bawdinessIndecent or vulgar quality
- crudenessLack of sophistication
- raunchinessCrude sexual vulgarity
smut · indecorum · impropriety · profanity · earthiness · scurrility · salaciousness · filthiness
Humorous, affectionate teasing
- japeMocking trick or quip
- lampoonHarsh public mockery
- burlesqueExaggerated mockery or risqué variety
- travestyAbsurd, degrading imitation
parody · satire · jest · send-up · caricature · roast · skewering · teasing
Boisterous drinking spree
- revelryNoisy, lively celebration
- wassailSpiced holiday beverage
- merrymakingLively, cheerful celebration
- bacchanaliaUninhibited drunken festivity
debauchery · roistering · high jinks · tomfoolery · buffoonery · antics · shenanigans · horseplay
Crude, sexual comedy
- lewd jokesSexually explicit humor
- dirty jokesCrude comedic remarks
- double entendrePhrase with hidden lewdness
- innuendoOblique disparaging remark
naughtiness · titillation · suggestiveness · Chaucerian · locker room humor · irreverence · cheekiness · sauciness
obscenity
Indecent word or act
raunchiness · smut · indecorum · impropriety · profanity · earthiness · scurrility · salaciousness · filthiness · grossness
raillery
Humorous, affectionate teasing
travesty · parody · satire · jest · send-up · caricature · roast · skewering · teasing · taunting
carousing
Boisterous drinking spree
- revelryNoisy, lively celebration
- wassailSpiced holiday beverage
- merrymakingLively, cheerful celebration
bacchanalia · debauchery · roistering · high jinks · tomfoolery · buffoonery · antics · shenanigans · horseplay · frolicking
bawdy humor
Crude, sexual comedy
- lewd jokesSexually explicit humor
- dirty jokesCrude comedic remarks
- double entendrePhrase with hidden lewdness
innuendo · naughtiness · titillation · suggestiveness · Chaucerian · locker room humor · irreverence · cheekiness · sauciness · impishness
- humorjoke, jokes, joking, comedy, comic
- vulgarityvulgar humor, crude, crass, coarse, obscene
- RabelaisianGargantua, carnivalesque, bawdiness, scatology, grotesque
- comedycomedy, jokes, humor, puns, sarcasm
- carnivalparade, costume, float, ferris wheel, roller coaster
- scandalscandal, infamy, disgrace, coverup, cover-up
ribaldrydecorum
Fitting social conduct
propriety · decency · decorousness · seemliness · primness
ribaldryclean comedy
Humor without vulgarity
dry wit · high comedy · subtle humor · compliment · bon mot
- ribald humorCoarse, indecent comedy