off-color

off–col·or

adj \ˈȯf-ˈkə-lər\

Definition of OFF-COLOR

1

a : not having the right or standard color b : being out of sorts

2

a : of doubtful propriety : dubious b : verging on the indecent <off–color remarks>

Variants of OFF-COLOR

off–col·or or off–col·ored \-lərd\

First Known Use of OFF-COLOR

1854

Related to OFF-COLOR

Synonyms: bawdy, blue, gamy (or gamey), lewd, off, off-color (or off-colored), racy, ribald, risqué, salty, spicy

Related Words: leering; barnyard, coarse, coarse-grained, crude, earthy, foul, gross, vulgar; dirty, filthy, gutter, indecent, lascivious, locker-room, nasty, obscene, pornographic, porny, prurient, raunchy, smutty, stag, unprintable, unpublishable, warm, X-rated; immodest, indecorous, indelicate, naughty

Near Antonyms: clean, decent, G-rated, nonobscene; innocuous, inoffensive; priggish, prim, prudish, puritanical, staid, straitlaced (or straightlaced), Victorian; correct, decorous, genteel, nice, polite, proper, respectable, seemly

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Rhymes with OFF-COLOR

bicolor, false color, oil color, tricolor, turn color