RISQUE Synonyms

• blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime

• blue clothing

• any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are blue

• the sky as viewed during daylight

• used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge

• the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate; used as a sedative and a hypnotic

• any of numerous small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae

• of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky

• used to signify the Union forces in the American Civil War (who wore blue uniforms)

• filled with melancholy and despondency

• characterized by profanity or cursing

• suggestive of sexual impropriety

• belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy

• morally rigorous and strict

• causing dejection

• turn blue

• characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality

• improperly forward or bold

• producing a burning sensation on the taste nerves

• suggestive of sexual impropriety

• highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire

• not suitable or right or appropriate

• not conforming to legality, moral law, or social convention

• not appropriate for a purpose or occasion

• offensive to good taste especially in sexual matters

• not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society

• offending against sexual mores in conduct or appearance

• lacking propriety and good taste in manners and conduct

• in violation of good taste even verging on the indecent

• verging on the indecent

• characterized by lust

• driven by lust; preoccupied with or exhibiting lustful desires

• vigorously passionate

• in violation of good taste even verging on the indecent

• humorously vulgar

• serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate; stimulating discussion or exciting controversy

• intentionally arousing sexual desire

• tending to entice into a desired action or state

• marked by the appetites and passions of the body

• sexually exciting or gratifying

• tending to suggest or imply

• (usually followed by `of') pointing out or revealing clearly

• tending to suggest something improper or indecent

• pleasantly and superficially exciting

• giving sexual pleasure; sexually arousing

• exciting by touching lightly so as to cause laughter or twitching movements

• the condition of being susceptible to harm or injury

• a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury

• a cause of pain or injury or loss

• a dangerous place

• a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune

• an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another

• an obstacle on a golf course

• put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation

• put at risk

• take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome

• a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune

• a state of danger involving risk

• a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury

• pose a threat to; present a danger to

• put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position

• offensively bold

• suggestive of sexual impropriety

• (used of the smell of meat) smelling spoiled or tainted

• willing to face danger