off-colour

1. 1.

   in violation of good taste even verging on the indecent

   “an indelicate remark”

   “an off-color joke”

   Synonymsindelicateoff-color

   Similartasteless

Questions about off-colour

What does off-colour mean?

off-colour means "in violation of good taste even verging on the indecent".

How many syllables are in off-colour?

off-colour has 3 syllables: off--co-lour. The stress falls on "off-".

What is another word for off-colour?

Close synonyms include indelicate, off-color. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is off-colour a common word?

off-colour is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.