different between earthy vs suggestive

English

Etymology

From Middle English erthy, equivalent to earth +? -y.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???.?i/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /???i/
• Rhymes: -??(?)?i
• Hyphenation: earthy

Adjective

earthy (comparative earthier, superlative earthiest)

1. Resembling dirt or soil (i.e. earth).

   The earthy smell of fresh turned loam told me the farmer had started plowing this morning, the definitive sign of spring for me.

2. Down-to-earth, not artificial, natural.

   She was an earthy soul, the salt of the earth as they say of such rural folk, untarnished by false civilization.
3. (figuratively) Coarse and unrefined, crude.

   earthy humour

4. Like or resembling the earth or of the earth.
5. Covered with earth (mud, dirt).
   • 1922, Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit

     He was wet through with the dew and quite earthy from diving into the burrows the Boy had made for him in the flower bed, and Nana grumbled as she rubbed him off with a corner of her apron.

Synonyms

• terreous (obsolete)

Derived terms

• earthily
• earthiness

Translations

Anagrams

• Hayter, Thayer, aethyr, hearty, yearth

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?(?)?d???st?v/
• Hyphenation: sug?ges?tive

Adjective

suggestive (comparative more suggestive, superlative most suggestive)

1. Tending to suggest or imply.
2. Suggesting romance, sex, etc.; risqué.

3. Relating to hypnotic suggestion.

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sy?.??s.tiv/
• Homophone: suggestives

Adjective

suggestive

1. feminine singular of suggestif

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

suggestive

1. inflection of suggestiv:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Adjective

suggestive

1. feminine plural of suggestivo

Swedish

Adjective

suggestive

1. absolute definite natural masculine form of suggestiv.