Thesaurus: ribald

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1. n./ A low, vulgar, brutal, foul-mouthed wretch; a lewd fellow.
2. a. Low; base; mean; filthy; obscene.
3. adj. humorously vulgar
4. n. a ribald person; someone who uses vulgar and offensive language
5. A low, class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/vulgar">vulgar, class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/brutal">brutal, foul-mouthed wretch; a lewd fellow. Spenser. Pope. Ribald was almost a class name in the feudal system . . . He was his patron's parasite, bulldog, and tool . . . It is not to be wondered at that the word rapidly became a synonym for everything ruffianly and brutal. Earle. Low; base; mean; filthy; obscene. The busy day, Waked by the lark, hath roused the ribald crows. Shak.
6. A low, class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/vulgar">vulgar, class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/brutal">brutal, foul-mouthed wretch; a lewd fellow.Spenser. Pope.Ribald was almost a class name in the feudal system . . . He was hispatron's parasite, bulldog, and tool . . . It is not to be wonderedat that the word rapidly became a synonym for everything ruffianlyand brutal. Earle.
7. j:100 n. a ribald person; someone who uses vulgar and offensive language