Word Meanings - RIBALDRY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The talk of a ribald; low, vulgar language; indecency; obscenity; lewdness; -- now chiefly applied to indecent language, but formerly, as by Chaucer, also to indecent acts or conduct. The ribaldry of his conversation moved Macaulay.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of RIBALDRY)

• Abuse
• Mistreatment
• invective
• ill-treatment
• opprobrium
• scurrility
• vituperation
• ribaldry
• obloquy
• reproach
• insolence
• misusage
• ill-usage

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of RIBALDRY)

• Laud
• praise
• approve
• commend

Related words: (words related to RIBALDRY)

• COMMENDATOR
  One who holds a benefice in commendam; a commendatary. Chalmers.
• REPROACHER
  One who reproaches.
• APPROVEDLY
  So as to secure approbation; in an approved manner.
• COMMENDER
  One who commends or praises.
• PRAISEWORTHINESS
  The quality or state of being praiseworthy.
• OPPROBRIUM
  Disgrace; infamy; reproach mingled with contempt; abusive language. Being both dramatic author and dramatic performer, he found himself heir to a twofold opprobrium. De Quincey.
• PRAISER
  1. One who praises. "Praisers of men." Sir P. Sidney. 2. An appraiser; a valuator. Sir T. North.
• INVECTIVE
  Characterized by invection; critical; denunciatory; satirical; abusive; railing.
• COMMENDATARY
  One who holds a living in commendam.
• APPROVEMENT
  a confession of guilt by a prisoner charged with treason or felony, together with an accusation of his accomplish and a giving evidence against them in order to obtain his own pardon. The term is no longer in use; it corresponded to what is now
• RIBALDRY
  The talk of a ribald; low, vulgar language; indecency; obscenity; lewdness; -- now chiefly applied to indecent language, but formerly, as by Chaucer, also to indecent acts or conduct. The ribaldry of his conversation moved Macaulay.
• APPROVE
  approve, fr. L. approbare; ad + probare to esteem as good, approve, 1. To show to be real or true; to prove. Wouldst thou approve thy constancy Approve First thy obedience. Milton. 2. To make proof of; to demonstrate; to prove or show practically.
• COMMENDATION
  A message of affection or respect; compliments; greeting. Hark you, Margaret; No princely commendations to my king Shak. (more info) 1. The act of commending; praise; favorable representation in words; recommendation. Need we . . . epistles of
• SCURRILITY
  1. The quality or state of being scurrile or scurrilous; mean, vile, or obscene jocularity. Your reasons . . . have been sharp and sententious, pleasant without scurrility. Shak. 2. That which is scurrile or scurrilous; gross or obscene language;
• INVECTIVELY
  In an invective manner. Shak.
• REPROACH
  LL. reproriare; L. pref. re- again, against, back + prope near; hence, originally, to bring near to, throw in one's teeth. Cf. 1. To come back to, or come home to, as a matter of blame; to bring shame or disgrace upon; to disgrace. I thought your
• PRAISEMENT
  Appraisement.
• VITUPERATION
  The act of vituperating; abuse; severe censure; blame. When a man becomes untractable and inaccessible by fierceness and pride, then vituperation comes upon him. Donne.
• REPROACHFUL
  1. Expressing or containing reproach; upbraiding; opprobrious; abusive. The reproachful speeches . . . That he hath breathed in my dishonor here. Shak. 2. Occasioning or deserving reproach; shameful; base; as, a reproachful life. Syn.
• PRAISELESS
  Without praise or approbation.
• APPRAISER
  One who appraises; esp., a person appointed and sworn to estimate and fix the value of goods or estates.
• DISAPPROVE
  1. To pass unfavorable judgment upon; to condemn by an act of the judgment; to regard as wrong, unsuitable, or inexpedient; to censure; as, to disapprove the conduct of others. 2. To refuse official approbation to; to disallow; to decline
• OVERPRAISE
  To praise excessively or unduly.
• RECOMMENDATORY
  Serving to recommend; recommending; commendatory. Swift.
• SUPERPRAISE
  To praise to excess. To vow, and swear, and superpraise my parts. Shak.
• RECOMMENDER
  One who recommends.
• DISCOMMENDER
  One who discommends; a dispraiser. Johnson.