[L]et no zealous Christian trust the rogue,—the filthy ribald rascal is a liar.
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Ribald
//ˈɹɪb.əld//
Synonyms for "ribald" (118 found)
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Related words (59)
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59 translations across 20 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- βωμολόχος adj (coarse, lewd, vulgar)
- εὐτράπελος adj (coarse, lewd, vulgar)
Armenian
4 entries- անվայել adj (coarse, lewd, vulgar)
- գռեհիկ adj (coarse, lewd, vulgar)
- կոպիտ adj (coarse, lewd, vulgar)
- զազրախոս noun (individual who is filthy or vulgar)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- ədəbsiz adj (coarse, lewd, vulgar)
Bulgarian
3 entries- неприличен adj (coarse, lewd, vulgar)
- нецензурен adj (coarse, lewd, vulgar)
- циник noun (individual who is filthy or vulgar)
Dutch
4 entries- grof adj (coarse, lewd, vulgar)
- vulgair adj (coarse, lewd, vulgar)
- lomperik noun (individual who is filthy or vulgar)
- viezerik noun (individual who is filthy or vulgar)
Estonian
1 entries- rõve adj (coarse, lewd, vulgar)
Finnish
1 entries- ruokoton adj (coarse, lewd, vulgar)
French
4 entries- grivois adj (coarse, lewd, vulgar)
- grossier adj (coarse, lewd, vulgar)
- paillard adj (coarse, lewd, vulgar)
- vulgaire adj (coarse, lewd, vulgar)
German
3 entries- anstößig adj (coarse, lewd, vulgar)
- frivol adj (coarse, lewd, vulgar)
- zotig adj (coarse, lewd, vulgar)
Greek
1 entries- άσεμνα adj (coarse, lewd, vulgar)
Hungarian
1 entries- szemérmetlen adj (coarse, lewd, vulgar)
Lithuanian
1 entries- storžieviškas adj (coarse, lewd, vulgar)
Old Norse
1 entries- ribbaldi noun (individual who is filthy or vulgar)
Polish
4 entries- nieprzyzwoity adj (coarse, lewd, vulgar)
- obsceniczny adj (coarse, lewd, vulgar)
- sprośny adj (coarse, lewd, vulgar)
- zbereźny adj (coarse, lewd, vulgar)
Portuguese
2 entries- ribaldo adj (coarse, lewd, vulgar)
- ribaldo noun (individual who is filthy or vulgar)
Russian
3 entries- непристойный adj (coarse, lewd, vulgar)
- поха́бный adj (coarse, lewd, vulgar)
- скверносло́в noun (individual who is filthy or vulgar)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- skaredan adj (coarse, lewd, vulgar)
- vulgaran adj (coarse, lewd, vulgar)
- вулгаран adj (coarse, lewd, vulgar)
- скаредан adj (coarse, lewd, vulgar)
Spanish
3 entries- obsceno adj (coarse, lewd, vulgar)
- vulgar adj (coarse, lewd, vulgar)
- vulgar noun (individual who is filthy or vulgar)
Thai
1 entries- พูดสามหาว adj (coarse, lewd, vulgar)
Turkish
4 entries- ağzı bozuk adj (coarse, lewd, vulgar)
- müstehcen adj (coarse, lewd, vulgar)
- terbiyesiz adj (coarse, lewd, vulgar)
- utanmaz adj (coarse, lewd, vulgar)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
But when he died the "Reform Democracy" instinctively returned to its vomit of ribald insult.
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[T]he curious crowd had collected in the street […], with here and there a scoffer uttering his incredulity and courage with scornful remarks or ribald cries.
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Anyway up against Reba McEntire, '60s-rock-bred big city escapee K.T. Oslin comes off both more ribald ("Younger Men") and prouder of the bras and bridges she used to burn ("'8s Ladies") in her best country hits.
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