earthy

earthy
adj
1. sensual, funky, carnal, sexy, voluptuous, virile, lush, sensuous; robust, lusty, hale, hardy.
2. ribald, bawdy, indecorous, shameless, wanton, unblushing, abandoned, coarse, crude, vulgar, common, dirty, filthy, Sl. raunchy, smutty, indecent, obscene; unpolished, unrefined, untutored, uncultured, provincial, peasant, lower-class; rude, churlish, cloddish, boorish, brash, crass.
3. direct, open, natural, artless; unpretentious, unaffected, unsophisticated, unassuming, down-home; rustic, homey, work-a-day, salt-of-the-earth, comfortable.
4. earth-like, terrene, clayey, cloddy, muddy, sandy, dusty.
5. realistic, basic, practical, pragmatic, unidealistic, down-to-earth, matter-of-fact, hard-boiled.

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