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conspicuously and tastelessly indecent
e.g. coarse language
e.g. a crude joke
e.g. crude behavior
e.g. an earthy sense of humor
e.g. a revoltingly gross expletive
e.g. a vulgar gesture
e.g. full of language so vulgar it should have been edited
Synonym: crude gross vulgar
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hearty and lusty
e.g. an earthy enjoyment of life
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not far removed from or suggestive of nature
e.g. the earthy taste of warm milk fresh from the cow
e.g. earthy smells of new-mown grass
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sensible and practical
e.g. has a straightforward down-to-earth approach to a problem
e.g. her earthy common sense
Synonym: down-to-earth
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of or consisting of or resembling earth
e.g. it had an earthy smell
e.g. only a little earthy bank separates me from the edge of the ocean