earthy English

Meaning earthy meaning

What does earthy mean?

Definitions in simple English

earthy Adjective

— If something is earthy, it is like dirt or soil.

— If a person is earthy, they are honest and direct about a topic they are talking about.

earthy

— adjective (= crude, gross, vulgar) conspicuously and tastelessly indecent coarse language a crude joke crude behavior an earthy sense of humor a revoltingly gross expletive a vulgar gesture full of language so vulgar it should have been edited

— adjective hearty and lusty an earthy enjoyment of life

— adjective not far removed from or suggestive of nature the earthy taste of warm milk fresh from the cow earthy smells of new-mown grass

— adjective of or consisting of or resembling earth it had an earthy smell only a little earthy bank separates me from the edge of the ocean

— adjective (= down-to-earth) sensible and practical has a straightforward down-to-earth approach to a problem her earthy common sense

Synonyms earthy synonyms

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earthy English » English

vulgar

gross

worldly

terrestrial

suggestive

sallow

robust

pale

mundane

earthen

earth

down-to-earth

crude

coarse

well-set

well-knit

voluminous

unrestrained

unreserved

unmannerly

unmannered

uninhibited

undignified

uncouth

uncivilized

uncivilised

true

tough

terrene

substantial

sublunar

sturdy

strong

stalwart

sonsie

rude

rich

relating to the earth

real

pucka

plentiful

plenteous

plebeian

philistine

overland

ordinary

off-colour

lowbred

landed

land

Topics earthy topics

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Grammar General words Thing

Physical, non-physical

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  animal nature biological bodily concrete corporal corporeal earthly earthy fleshly incarnate inferior matter material materialistic mundane natural objective physical seen sensible sensual tangible temporal unspiritual worldly