Inoffensive and Ribald

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Inoffensive adjective - Not causing or being capable of causing injury or hurt.

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Ribald is an antonym for inoffensive.

Nearby Word: inoffensively

Ribald adjective - Depicting or referring to sexual matters in a way that is unacceptable in polite society.

Usage example: some of the movie's most ribald, and thus funniest, scenes were cut for showing on broadcast television

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Inoffensive is an antonym for ribald in coarse topic.

Nearby Word: ribaldry

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Ribald and Inoffensive. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/inoffensive/ribald

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