smuttiness

Crude sexual quality

Smuttiness is the quality of being smutty—mildly obscene or sexually suggestive in a playful way.

The word describes off-color jokes, innuendo-laden conversation, or entertainment that trades in risqué humor: The comedian's smuttiness was part of his charm.

Smuttiness implies something crude but not truly offensive—more eyebrow-raising than shocking.

obscenity

filth

Foul, accumulated matter

coarseness · crudity · foulness · nastiness · dirtiness · grossness · scatology · sleaze · impurity · indecency

lewdness

ribald

Vulgarly amusing

suggestive · indecent · risque · bawdy · titillating · prurient · lecherous · naughty · off-color · blue

soot

soot

Carbon from incomplete burning

  • grimeIngrained surface dirt
  • ashCombustion's powdery remains
  • residueMatter left behind

coal dust · chimney · fireplace · blackened · soiled · stained · dirty · grimy · dusty · charred

Opposites
moral/sexual propriety

smuttinesspurity

Uncontaminated quality

decency · wholesomeness · propriety · cleanliness · modesty

physical cleanliness

smuttinessspotlessness

Complete absence of dirt

cleanliness · immaculateness · pristineness · purity · perfection

Family

smut, unsullied, smutty, smutted

Familiarity
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG-13