bawdier; bawdiest
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Adjective
a bawdy film that is not appropriate for children
a bawdy comment about someone you work with could get you fired
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Katie Rife, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2024
What if all the power plays and factional scheming of House of the Dragon had a bawdy, comedic edge to it?
—Matt Kamen, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024
White combined a wholesome image with a flare for bawdy jokes.
—Brendan Farrington, Chicago Tribune, 17 Nov. 2024
Its bawdy lampooning came in 1971 as a Carry On film, which may mean little to those of us who are not Brits of a certain age.
—Elle Carroll, Vulture, 18 June 2024
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Adjective
That’s a throwback, too, to the bawdy times of season one, briefly glimpsed on the shabby screen in the vampires’ makeshift home theater at the end-end (as opposed to the parody end, or the end for the cameras) of the series.
—Katie Rife, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2024
What if all the power plays and factional scheming of House of the Dragon had a bawdy, comedic edge to it?
—Matt Kamen, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024
White combined a wholesome image with a flare for bawdy jokes.
—Brendan Farrington, Chicago Tribune, 17 Nov. 2024
Its bawdy lampooning came in 1971 as a Carry On film, which may mean little to those of us who are not Brits of a certain age.
—Elle Carroll, Vulture, 18 June 2024
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“Bawdy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bawdy. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.
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