Communication

Synonyms for bawdy

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 5, Summit · 1 sense · noun

The sensenounTier 5, SummitCommunication

lewd or obscene talk or writing

They published a collection of Elizabethan bawdy.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

bawdry

Same sentence, swapped: They published a collection of Elizabethan bawdry.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for bawdy as it is used in the sentence above.

ribald
offensive
foul

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