earthy, adj.
(earthier, earthiest)
freq. cnt. 4
(earthier, earthiest)
freq. cnt. 4
conspicuously and tastelessly indecent
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
crude earthy gross vulgar
sample sentences
"coarse language""a crude joke"
"crude behavior"
"an earthy sense of humor"
"a revoltingly gross expletive"
"a vulgar gesture"
"full of language so vulgar it should have been edited"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
similar to
hearty and lusty
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
earthy
not far removed from or suggestive of nature
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
earthy
sample sentences
"the earthy taste of warm milk fresh from the cow""earthy smells of new-mown grass"
semantic pointers
similar to
sensible and practical
<adj.all>
down-to-earth earthy
sample sentences
"has a straightforward down-to-earth approach to a problem""her earthy common sense"
semantic pointers
similar to
of or consisting of or resembling earth
<adj.pert>
earthy