risqué
adjective
ris·qué ri-ˈskā 
: verging on impropriety or indecency : off-color
a risqué joke
Synonyms
- bawdy
- blue
- gamy
- gamey
- lewd
- off
- off-color
- off-colored
- racy
- ribald
- salty
- spicy
- suggestive
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Example Sentences
a song with risqué lyrics the bridal shower was filled with risqué banter and laughter
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Matt Cooper, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2020 There are masks that would be too risque for the office, if the office were open. Washington Post, 19 May 2020 Speaking to the Boy Scout Jamboree, Trump breaks protocol and and angers parents by bragging about his election win, criticizing the media and telling a somewhat risque story involving a yacht. Ryan Teague Beckwith, Time, 11 Jan. 2018 Playboy is pulling the plug on the print edition of the once-risque magazine — coveted by roughly half the population for its glamorous photos of nude women and even some of its articles — citing the novel coronavirus as hastening the decision. Kate Gibson, CBS News, 19 Mar. 2020 As Brzezinski pointed out, the Super Bowl didn’t shy away from airing Shakira and Jennifer Lopez's risque half-time show, which some critics said objectified women. NBC News, 9 Mar. 2020 Fans may remember this trip to Anguilla and St. Barts from a risque Instagram post Bieber shared at the time, featuring the couple locking lips and fueling romance rumors. Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 14 Jan. 2020 Walmart removed several pieces of holiday merchandise from its Canadian website after customers took offense to a line of risque Christmas clothing. BostonGlobe.com, 11 Dec. 2019 Walmart removed several pieces of holiday merchandise from its Canadian website after customers took offense to a line of risque Christmas clothing. Deanna Paul, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Dec. 2019 See More
Matt Cooper, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2020 There are masks that would be too risque for the office, if the office were open. Washington Post, 19 May 2020 Speaking to the Boy Scout Jamboree, Trump breaks protocol and and angers parents by bragging about his election win, criticizing the media and telling a somewhat risque story involving a yacht. Ryan Teague Beckwith, Time, 11 Jan. 2018 Playboy is pulling the plug on the print edition of the once-risque magazine — coveted by roughly half the population for its glamorous photos of nude women and even some of its articles — citing the novel coronavirus as hastening the decision. Kate Gibson, CBS News, 19 Mar. 2020 As Brzezinski pointed out, the Super Bowl didn’t shy away from airing Shakira and Jennifer Lopez's risque half-time show, which some critics said objectified women. NBC News, 9 Mar. 2020 Fans may remember this trip to Anguilla and St. Barts from a risque Instagram post Bieber shared at the time, featuring the couple locking lips and fueling romance rumors. Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 14 Jan. 2020 Walmart removed several pieces of holiday merchandise from its Canadian website after customers took offense to a line of risque Christmas clothing. BostonGlobe.com, 11 Dec. 2019 Walmart removed several pieces of holiday merchandise from its Canadian website after customers took offense to a line of risque Christmas clothing. Deanna Paul, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Dec. 2019 See More Word History
Etymology
French, from past participle of risquer to risk, from risque
First Known Use
1867, in the meaning defined above
risqué
adjective
as in suggestive
hinting at or intended to call to mind matters regarded as indecent the bridal shower was filled with risqué banter and laughter Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- suggestive
- spicy
- bawdy
- lewd
- racy
- ribald
- naughty
- obscene
- vulgar
- off
- off-color
- gamy
- blue
- salty
- pornographic
- off-colored
- raunchy
- dirty
- gross
- gamey
- nasty
- indecent
- smutty
- lascivious
- crude
- leering
- coarse
- warm
- filthy
- prurient
- foul
- indelicate
- immodest
- unprintable
- barnyard
- X-rated
- indecorous
- earthy
- porny
- unpublishable
- stag
- gutter
- coarse-grained
- locker-room
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- innocuous
- decent
- clean
- prudish
- G-rated
- inoffensive
- puritanical
- staid
- nonobscene
- priggish
- straightlaced
- straitlaced
- prim
- proper
- decorous
- correct
- genteel
- polite
- respectable
- seemly
- nice
- Victorian
- plunderer
- plunderers
- plundering
- plunderless
- plunderous
- plunders
- plunge
- plunge (in)
- plunge basin
- plunge bath
- plunge in
- plunge into
- plunge into darkness
- plunge pool
- plunge rod
- plunge to one's death
- plunged
- plunged (in)
- plunged in
- plunged into
- plunger
- plunger bucket
- plunger elevator
- plunger lift
- plunger piston