suggestiveness

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for suggestiveness
Noun
  • During the presentation by PMM Chesterton, which wants to redevelop the golf course, Kowalski used a vulgarity to describe how the houses would be too close to each other.
    Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 1 June 2025
  • The fans in Section 204, directly beyond where a right fielder stands, eschewed artistry for straight-up vulgarity.
    Will Sammon, New York Times, 17 May 2025
Noun
  • But Shelly will still go on about the crudity of newer shows in town, insisting that Razzle Dazzle has an elegant French tone.
    Tom Gliatto, People.com, 10 Jan. 2025
  • And, while its crudity is certainly purposeful, its sense of purpose can be elusive at times.
    Phillip Maciak, The New Republic, 28 Mar. 2023
Noun
  • The hip-hop stars of Coogler’s youth like NWA, Ice-T, 2 Live Crew, and Too Short were pursued by the government, accused of promoting obscenity and violence.
    Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 2 June 2025
  • Children do not have a right to access alcohol, tobacco, drugs, firearms, automobiles, pornography, obscenity or any other dangerous material and public libraries have no obligation to provide it to them.
    Opinion Staff, Oc Register, 27 May 2025
Noun
  • Over-Nite Sensation is a triumph: a concentrated digest from perhaps the most popular stretch of his career, and a freeze-frame of his compositional flowering and ingenious lyrical ribaldry.
    Daniel Felsenthal, The Atlantic, 27 Nov. 2023
  • Finding liberty in punk artistry, Dury updated the tradition of British music-hall ribaldry and rude folk humor.
    Armond White, National Review, 3 Aug. 2022
Noun
  • Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards was fined $50,000 Wednesday by the NBA for using profanity during his postgame news conference on Tuesday.
    James Jackson, New York Times, 22 May 2025
  • According to one current and three former employees, management began reviewing all store materials after receiving a complaint from a customer against profanity on a greeting card.
    Dakota Parks, NBC news, 5 May 2025
Noun
  • The Trump era is one of indelicacy, profanity, and real—not imagined—misogyny, and its flacks deserve a language that matches up.
    Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, 5 June 2018
  • Trump added, seemingly referring to the indelicacy of directly attacking a war hero who is fighting brain cancer.
    Callum Borchers, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2018
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“Suggestiveness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suggestiveness. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.

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