risqué
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of risqué
1865–70; < French, past participle of risquer to risk
Example Sentences
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Disorderly in its construction, “Tristram Shandy” is ribald and risqué in its content, yet charitable and affecting in tone.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026
On the 12-track album, which dropped Friday to mixed critical reception, Swift is uncharacteristically risqué and, for possibly the first time, indulges her inner theater kid without reservation.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 3, 2025
Films and web shows routinely deal with risqué topics; and conversations around women's clothes and beauty standards have become more nuanced.
From BBC • Jun. 27, 2023
Another comment recalled 1997, when Chinese audiences were allowed to enjoy Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet in a movie with a relatively risqué story for that time in China.
From New York Times • Nov. 30, 2022
But the abbot, although generally tolerant of Mendel’s whims, had intervened: a monk coaxing mice to mate to understand heredity was a little too risqué, even for the Augustinians.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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