risqué

[ ri-skey; French rees-key ]

adjective

1. daringly close to indelicacy or impropriety; off-color:

   a risqué story.

   Synonyms: ribald, indecent, gross, broad

risqué

/ ˈrɪskeɪ /

adjective

1. bordering on impropriety or indecency

   a risqué joke

Word History and Origins

Origin of risqué¹

1865–70; < French, past participle of risquer to risk

Word History and Origins

Origin of risqué¹

C19: from French risquer to hazard, risk

Example Sentences

These days, Savannah—who goes by Savannah Solo on her Twitter, Instagram, TikTok and OnlyFans pages—counts hundreds of thousands of subscribers, including 6,500 paying subscribers, to her more risqué content on Only-Fans.

From Time

None of the program’s participants mentioned that Boyarskaya has previously posed for a risqué photoshoot that garnered media attention.

From The Daily Beast

He began to share risqué words with that muscular Bossier waiter and one day while in the commissary line he admired him through the crack in the door to the room where he kept the cleaning utensils, making his erect penis happy.

From Washington Blade

At times, it has been blocked by the authorities for content that could only be imaginatively described as risqué.

From Time

The two have been dating for 10 months, and the pictures have gotten “progressively more risque,” she says.

From The Daily Beast

Risque material can rise above being offensive as long as it's funny.

From The Daily Beast

Jagger initially added some shock value to her image, when taking on the risque Hudson Jeans campaign last summer at 17.

From The Daily Beast

Because it was oh-so- raunchy and the kids today like the risque, and the dirty language and the sexual situations.

From The Daily Beast

So that in writing to you I run the risque of making a breech in the commandment.

From Project Gutenberg

I said, like a stag; the simile is a little risque perhaps, as our friend is married; but, never mind!

From Project Gutenberg

A society play excellently exemplifies the truth of the adage: "Nothing risque; nothing gained."

From Project Gutenberg

See Esquisse dune morale, the chapter on Le risque et la lutte, i. 4.

From Project Gutenberg

I would for such means adventure through peril of my modesty; I would risque every thing but real dishonour.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• bawdy
• erotic
• lewd
• lurid
• naughty
• off-color
• provocative
• suggestive