adj
Meaning 1
Of the wrong color.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
off-color
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adj
Meaning 2
Dirty, vulgar or obscene, especially in a way that is unpleasant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
Examples
- He told an off-color joke.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Different from usual.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 4
Feeling mildly unwell.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
Examples
- I feel a bit off-color today.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: under the weather
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
humorously vulgar
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- bawdy songs
- off-color jokes
- ribald language
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bawdy, ribald
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 6
in violation of good taste even verging on the indecent
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- an indelicate remark
- an off-color joke
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: indelicate, off-colour
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- German: farblich abweichend — of the wrong color
- Hungarian: színhibás — of the wrong color
- Hungarian: elszíneződött — of the wrong color
- Hungarian: színehagyott — of the wrong color
- Hungarian: kifakult — of the wrong color
- Hungarian: fakó — of the wrong color
- Latin: dēcolor — of the wrong color
- German: dreckig — dirty, vulgar or obscene, especially in a way that is unpleasant
- German: schmutzig — dirty, vulgar or obscene, especially in a way that is unpleasant
- German: frivol — dirty, vulgar or obscene, especially in a way that is unpleasant
- German: schlüpfrig — dirty, vulgar or obscene, especially in a way that is unpleasant
- Hungarian: szalonképtelen — dirty, vulgar or obscene, especially in a way that is unpleasant
- Hungarian: illetlen — dirty, vulgar or obscene, especially in a way that is unpleasant
- Hungarian: ízléstelen — dirty, vulgar or obscene, especially in a way that is unpleasant
- Hungarian: malac — dirty, vulgar or obscene, especially in a way that is unpleasant
- Hungarian: sikamlós — dirty, vulgar or obscene, especially in a way that is unpleasant
- Hungarian: pikáns — dirty, vulgar or obscene, especially in a way that is unpleasant
- Hungarian: frivol — dirty, vulgar or obscene, especially in a way that is unpleasant
- Hungarian: obszcén — dirty, vulgar or obscene, especially in a way that is unpleasant
- German: aus dem Rahmen fallend — different from usual
- German: nicht alltäglich — different from usual
- German: unkonventionell — different from usual
- German: unwohl — feeling mildly unwell
- German: angeschlagen — feeling mildly unwell
- German: flau — feeling mildly unwell
- Hungarian: gyengélkedő — feeling mildly unwell
- Hungarian: rossz állapotban/bőrben/színben lévő — feeling mildly unwell
- Irish: drochshnóch — feeling mildly unwell
- Polish: niedysponowany — feeling mildly unwell