smuttiness

noun

Definition of smuttinessnext
1
as in grossness
the quality or state of being obscene we were offended by the smuttiness of the jokes that the comedian was telling

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2
as in dustiness
the state or quality of being dirty appalled by the unspeakable smuttiness of the rental apartments that they were shown

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  1. vulgarity
  2. obscenity
  3. smut
  4. ribaldry
Noun
  • Whatever happened to elegant, elevated and epic language in lieu of vulgarities that flourish in the sewers and gutters of morality?
    Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 3 Nov. 2024
  • Policy proposals aside, there's been name-calling, vulgarity, and plain old meanness.
    Jon LaPook, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2024
Definition of vulgarity
Noun
  • These laws could also face an uphill battle in the courts, including the Supreme Court, which have shot down certain obscenity laws as unconstitutional.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
  • His speech was larded with obscenity and boastfulness.
    Mike Kupper, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2024
Definition of obscenity
Noun
  • But this is often undermined by the series’ predilection for smut.
    Lucy Ford, TIME, 24 Sep. 2024
  • These authors built up readerships just by cranking out 300 pages of smut and then putting it on Kindle and now they’re getting scooped up by publishers.
    CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 26 July 2024
Definition of smut
Noun
  • Over-Nite Sensation is a triumph: a concentrated digest from perhaps the most popular stretch of his career, and a freeze-frame of his compositional flowering and ingenious lyrical ribaldry.
    Daniel Felsenthal, The Atlantic, 27 Nov. 2023
  • Finding liberty in punk artistry, Dury updated the tradition of British music-hall ribaldry and rude folk humor.
    Armond White, National Review, 3 Aug. 2022
Definition of ribaldry
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