off-color
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.87 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
5
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Dirty, vulgar or obscene, especially in a way that is unpleasant.
Example Sentences
- "Careful control of mixing at the central point reduces the possibility of off-color paint in some booths, and uniform pressure at the spray guns is easily maintained."
- "Because of his reputable work with off-color and contaminated materials, I have asked Dr. Otto Speck of Colorama Consultants to give us some direction."
- "After some amount of time elapses, the transition phase from color A to color B will yield off-color product until the color change for color B is fully established in the system."
- "He told an off-color joke."
- "[T]he equating of the female genitalia with a wound caused by an axe is a very off-colour metaphor."
- "He seems to have crawled off the earth after his Texas itinerary, in company with the alleged ex-nun whom he was carting around the country to pander to the prurient appetites of off-color dames by relating naughty tales of desiring nuns and accommodating priests."