Synonyms for ribald
ˈrɪb əld; spelling pron. ˈraɪ bəldrib·ald

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1. ribaldadjective

   a ribald person; someone who uses vulgar and offensive language

   Antonyms:
   clean, unobjectionable

2. bawdy, off-color, ribaldadjective

   humorously vulgar

   "bawdy songs"; "off-color jokes"; "ribald language"

   Synonyms:
   bawdy, off-color, indelicate, off-colour

   Antonyms:
   clean, unobjectionable

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1. ribaldadjective

   Synonyms:
   base, low, mean, obscene, vile, filthy, gross, coarse, loose, indecent

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1. ribaldadjective

   Synonyms:
   indelicate, gross, indecent, obscene, lewd

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How to use ribald in a sentence?

1. George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman:

   Audacious ribald: your laughter will finish in hideous boredom before morning.

2. Roger Stone:

   Our texts are the late night bickering of two grumpy political veterans, who have known each other for years. They are friendly as well as nasty, ribald, vicious, inconsistent humorous and vile.

3. James Joyce:

   I shall write a book some day about the appropriateness of names. Geoffrey Chaucer has a ribald ring, as is proper and correct, and Alexander Pope was inevitably Alexander Pope. Colley Cibber was a silly little man without much elegance and Shelley was very Percy and very Bysshe.