earthy
adjective
1. conspicuously and tastelessly indecent
- an earthy sense of humor
Similar word(s): indecent, crude, gross, vulgar
2. not far removed from or suggestive of nature
- the earthy taste of warm milk fresh from the cow
- earthy smells of new-mown grass
Similar word(s): natural
3. hearty and lusty
- an earthy enjoyment of life
Similar word(s): uninhibited
4. of or consisting of or resembling earth
- it had an earthy smell
- only a little earthy bank separates me from the edge of the ocean
5. sensible and practical
- her earthy common sense
Similar word(s): realistic
Sentences with earthy as an adjective:
- The earthy smell of fresh turned loam told me the farmer had started plowing this morning, the definitive sign of spring for me.
- She was an earthy soul, the salt of the earth as they say of such rural folk, untarnished by false civilization.