Synonyms of off-color

off-color

adjective

ˈȯf-ˈkə-lər 

variants or off-colored

as in suggestive

hinting at or intended to call to mind matters regarded as indecent

the movie was rated PG-13 for some swearing and off-color jokes

Synonyms & Similar Words

• suggestive
• spicy
• blue
• bawdy
• obscene
• ribald
• pornographic
• lewd
• racy
• salty
• risqué
• vulgar
• off
• gamy
• gamey
• foul
• crude
• gross
• coarse
• raunchy
• indecent
• earthy
• filthy
• smutty
• lascivious
• unprintable
• barnyard
• prurient
• naughty
• warm
• locker-room
• indelicate
• leering
• coarse-grained
• dirty
• indecorous
• immodest
• X-rated
• unpublishable
• stag
• nasty
• porny
• gutter

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• innocuous
• decent
• clean
• inoffensive
• G-rated
• puritanical
• prudish
• nonobscene
• staid
• Victorian
• priggish
• correct
• proper
• prim
• polite
• straitlaced
• genteel
• nice
• decorous
• respectable
• seemly
• straightlaced

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of off-color

Disappointing surprise that instead of cutting to the traditional camera after In Memoriam, the Emmys brought out Jimmy Kimmel who made an off-color joke about dead people winning something before sharing a few more factoids about the late Bob Newhart. —Lynette Rice, Deadline, 15 Sep. 2024

Her sensibility is grounded in sincerity but relies on bawdy, off-color jokes to deflect from empowerment messaging that might otherwise seem square. —Peter Debruge, Variety, 15 Sep. 2024

Marvel dropped a full trailer in April that was chock-full of off-color witticisms, meta-references, slo-mo action, and a generous sprinkling of F-bombs. —Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 19 July 2024

Jack Black responded to the backlash spurred by an off-color joke by his longtime Tenacious D musical partner Kyle Gass on Tuesday morning (July 16) by apologizing and announcing an indefinite hold on all future creative plans for the comedic rock duo. —Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 16 July 2024