scatological

adjective

Definition of scatologicalnext
as in salacious

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scatological
  1. salacious
  2. indelicate
  3. suggestive
  4. barnyard
  5. earthy
  6. indecorous
  7. ribald
  8. broad
Adjective
  • The item number, a salacious song delivered by Sreeleela, precedes a final sequence that sets us up for Pushpa 3: The Rampage, when there will no doubt be a new villain and new set of grievances tearing at our rough-knuckled hero’s heart.
    Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 8 Dec. 2024
  • During this time period, WWE committed to a more salacious and edgier product.
    Mark LaSota, Ph.D., Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024
Definition of salacious
Adjective
  • Advertisement The president-elect’s style — brash, indelicate and pugilistic — is distilled in his son.
    Michelle L. Price, Los Angeles Times, 25 Nov. 2024
  • After Shkreli propositioned Duca via Twitter direct message, the Teen Vogue columnist responded with this, albeit indelicate, rejection.
    Issie Lapowsky, WIRED, 4 Aug. 2017
Definition of indelicate
Adjective
  • Police say the man kept asking the girl suggestive questions, asked for photographs and sent some of himself.
    Ron Wood, arkansasonline.com, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Their spinsterhood took on an ominous cast, their celibacy no longer evidence of pure, Christian love, but now suggestive of physical, emotional, and intellectual degeneracy.
    Natalie Kinkade, JSTOR Daily, 25 Sep. 2024
Definition of suggestive
Adjective
  • And while this time there are no actual goats wandering around, Sedgwick provides some barnyard accompaniment with a screaming toy as Bacon strums his acoustic guitar.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 10 Feb. 2023
  • Shaun the Sheep fans can't get enough of these barnyard animals and all their gentle adventures.
    Marisa LaScala, Good Housekeeping, 30 Sep. 2022
Definition of barnyard
Adjective
  • Together, these elements create a warm, earthy, gourmand-woody profile.
    Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 13 Dec. 2024
  • This premium tequila, a blend of 21 different tequilas, showcases a rich, earthy profile with citrus and floral notes.
    Hudson Lindenberger, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of earthy
Adjective
  • The massive tag is gone now but something just as indecorous seems likely to replace it.
    Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2024
  • With round-the-clock musicians, magicians, comedians, blue men and white Bengal tigers, the Strip became the premier global destination not just for indecorous gambling, but also for family-friendly entertainment.
    Chris Carra, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Feb. 2024
Definition of indecorous
Adjective
  • Much of the dialogue is hilariously ribald, especially in a locker room scene in which the two nude men share a tender familial embrace after comparing penises.
    Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 June 2023
  • The couple became a symbol of marital stability in the freewheeling rock world, even as Charlie drummed for a band that was the most famously ribald band in music history.
    Jem Aswad, Variety, 19 Dec. 2022
Definition of ribald
Adjective
  • Ives and Ward acknowledge that Cruise did bring GM access to technology that has helped improve safety features across its broader lineup and helped attract top software engineers to the automaker.
    Jamie L. LaReau, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
  • That image has now been lauded by some as a symbol of the broader systemic frustrations with the U.S. health care system that have dominated social media since a gunman brazenly assassinated Thompson, a 50-year-old father of two, outside a New York City hotel in daylight.
    Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of broad
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