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- Dictionaryoff colour/ˌɒfˈkʌlə/
adjective
- 1. slightly unwell: British "I'm feeling a bit off colour" Similar Opposite
- 2. slightly indecent or obscene: "off-colour jokes" Similar
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OFF-COLOUR definition: 1. slightly ill: 2. Off-colour remarks or jokes about sex are about sex and are slightly shocking.. Learn more.
OFF-COLOR definition: 1. Off-color remarks or jokes are about sex and are slightly shocking. 2. slightly sick: 3. (of…. Learn more.
4 meanings: 1. mainly British slightly ill; unwell 2. indecent or indelicate; risqué 1. British slightly ill; unwell 2..... Click for more definitions.
off-color: [adjective] not having the right or standard color. being out of sorts.
Definition of off colour adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
off-color: 1 adj in violation of good taste even verging on the indecent “an off-color joke” Synonyms: indelicate , off-colour tasteless lacking aesthetic or social taste adj humorously vulgar “ off-color jokes” Synonyms: bawdy , ribald dirty (of behavior or especially language) characterized by obscenity or indecency
Off-color definition: not having the usual or standard color. See examples of OFF-COLOR used in a sentence.