bawdier; bawdiest
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Adjective
a bawdy film that is not appropriate for children
a bawdy comment about someone you work with could get you fired
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Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2025
Yet the fact that the ultra-cheeky Williams is inexplicably presented as a bawdy CG ape man (given cool moves and voice via performance capture by Jonno Davies) matches the fantastical nature of the British pop star’s bananas rise-and-fall-and-rise-again tale.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2025
Notwithstanding a global calamity, Nikki Glaser will be back to host the Golden Globes next year, and the often bawdy comedian will be pulling in some bigger bucks.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 6 Jan. 2025
The vocal powerhouses Megan Hilty and Jennifer Simard star as bawdy love rivals with a common enemy: death.
—Rachel Sherman, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2024
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Adjective
Jennifer Aniston plays a bawdy therapist and the cast also includes Will Forte, Debi Mazar, Richard Lewis, Michael Shannon and Bogdanovich veterans Camp, Austin Pendleton, George Morfogen, Tatum O’Neal and Cybill Shepherd.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2025
Yet the fact that the ultra-cheeky Williams is inexplicably presented as a bawdy CG ape man (given cool moves and voice via performance capture by Jonno Davies) matches the fantastical nature of the British pop star’s bananas rise-and-fall-and-rise-again tale.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2025
Notwithstanding a global calamity, Nikki Glaser will be back to host the Golden Globes next year, and the often bawdy comedian will be pulling in some bigger bucks.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 6 Jan. 2025
The vocal powerhouses Megan Hilty and Jennifer Simard star as bawdy love rivals with a common enemy: death.
—Rachel Sherman, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2024
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“Bawdy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bawdy. Accessed 14 Feb. 2025.
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