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Off-color   Listen
adjective
off-color  adj.  Humorously vulgar; mildly obscene; risque; as, an off-color joke.
Synonyms: bawdy, blue, ribald.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Off-color" Quotes from Famous Books



... turned back to Trigger. They were off-color eyes, like amber or a light wine, fringed with long black lashes. Very steady, very knowing eyes. Trigger felt ...
— Legacy • James H Schmitz

... guess you noticed that. I mean, he didn't preach. He smoked some and had his glass of wine now and then—even had a cocktail or two on occasion. His views on sex were orthodox, I reckon—I mean, as far as I know. He'd tell an off-color story, if it wasn't too bad. But he'd get up and leave quietly if the boys started tellin' about the women they'd made. Fornication and adultery just ...
— Unwise Child • Gordon Randall Garrett



Words linked to "Off-color" :   indelicate, dirty, ribald, tasteless, off-colour



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