off color

off color
Synonyms and related words:
aberrant, abnormal, abominable, ailing, atrocious, bad, below par, blue, broad, clashing, colliding, conflicting, criminal, critically ill, delinquent, deviant, discordant, disgraceful, donsie, down, evil, faint, faintish, feeling awful, feeling faint, feeling something terrible, hardly the thing, harsh, ignominious, ill, illegal, improper, in danger, inappropriate, incongruous, incorrect, indecorous, indisposed, infamous, inharmonious, laid low, low, mean, mortally ill, not done, not quite right, not the thing, off-base, off-tone, offish, out of sorts, out-of-line, poorly, purple, racy, risky, risque, rocky, sacrilegious, salty, scabrous, scandalous, seedy, shady, shameful, shameless, sick, sick unto death, sickish, sickly, sinful, spicy, suggestive, taken ill, terrible, under the weather, undue, unfit, unfitting, unlawful, unrighteous, unseemly, unsuitable, unwell, wicked, wrong, wrongful

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  • off-color — • off color • off colored adj 1. Not of the proper hue or shade; not matching a standard color sample. The librarian complained that the painter had used an off color green on the walls. 2. informal Not of the proper kind for polite society; in… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • off-color — adj. humorously vulgar; mildly obscene; risque; as, an off color joke. Syn: bawdy, blue, ribald. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • off-color — adjective 1. ) an off color joke or remark is rude or offensive 2. ) not usually before noun BRITISH feeling slightly sick: I m feeling a little off color today, so I m not going to work …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • off-color — (adj.) 1858, from OFF (Cf. off) (adv.) + COLOR (Cf. color) (n.); originally used of gems; figurative extension to of questionable taste, risqué is American English, 1867 …   Etymology dictionary

  • off-color — [ôf′kul′ər] adj. 1. varying from the usual, standard, or required color ☆ 2. not quite proper; in rather poor taste; risqué [an off color joke] …   English World dictionary

  • off-color — index improper, suggestive (risqué) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • off-color — [adj] risqué blue*, indelicate, purple*, racy*, salty*, shady, suggestive, vulgar, wicked; concept 545 Ant. clean, nice …   New thesaurus

  • off-color — /awf kul euhr, of /, adj. 1. not having the usual or standard color: an off color gem. 2. of doubtful propriety or taste; risqué: an off color joke. 3. not in one s usual health: to feel off color. Also, esp. Brit., off colour. Also, off colored… …   Universalium

  • off-color — or[off colored] {adj.} 1. Not of the proper hue or shade; not matching a standard color sample. * /The librarian complained that the painter had used an off color green on the walls./ 2. {informal} Not of the proper kind for polite society; in… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • off-color — or[off colored] {adj.} 1. Not of the proper hue or shade; not matching a standard color sample. * /The librarian complained that the painter had used an off color green on the walls./ 2. {informal} Not of the proper kind for polite society; in… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • off-color — adjective 1. humorously vulgar bawdy songs off color jokes ribald language • Syn: ↑bawdy, ↑ribald • Similar to: ↑dirty …   Useful english dictionary

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