earthy
- of the nature of or consisting of earth or soil.
- characteristic of earth: an earthy smell.
- realistic; practical.
- coarse or unrefined: an earthy sense of humor.
- direct; robust; unaffected: an earthy, generous woman.
- (of a mineral) having a dull luster and rough to the touch.
- Archaic. worldly; pertaining to the earth.
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folksy, simple, funky, homey, down-to-earth, bawdy, coarse, crude, down, dull, easygoing, hard-boiled, homely, indelicate, lusty, mundane, natural, pragmatic, ribald, robustExamples from the Web for earthy
Contemporary Examples of earthy
These sexual, earthy, animal-human deities really were opposed to everything the early Christians venerated as holy.
The colors were earthy and neutral, and the cuts were impeccably tailored.
To stay awake Miles was eating Twizzlers, and Shailene, as usual, was drinking an earthy tea.
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Romney is like the sheriff of Nottingham: all castle, no conviction; which makes Newt Gingrich the earthy Friar Tuck.
The earthy smell of fresh grass fills the air in late afternoon.
Historical Examples of earthy
My anger and disgust at his gross earthy egoism had vanished.
Green MansionsW. H. Hudson
He was, however, an individual of earthy hue, with precocious wrinkles.
Criminal ManGina Lombroso-Ferrero
The appearance of these two girls in this earthy family was anomalous.
The Man Who WinsRobert Herrick
All about the air swam with pleasant, heated, drowsy, earthy odors.
The Man Who WinsRobert Herrick
It had an earthy, insipid taste, and is described as "unctuous."
The Book of the DamnedCharles Fort
earthy
- of, composed of, or characteristic of earth
- robust, lusty, or uninhibited
- unrefined, coarse, or crude
- an archaic word for worldly (def. 1)
- electrical engineering on the earthed side of an electrical circuit, but not necessarily with a direct current connection to earth