earthy

Meaning

1. Resembling dirt or soil (i.e. earth).
2. Down-to-earth, not artificial, natural.
3. Coarse and unrefined, crude.
4. Like or resembling the earth or of the earth.
5. Covered with earth (mud, dirt).

Synonyms

vulgar

gross

earth

robust

worldly

pale

sallow

earthen

crude

coarse

mundane

down-to-earth

suggestive

terrestrial

dirt

earthly

freehanded

funk

generous

genuine

hearty

honest

honest-to-god

honest-to-goodness

kosher

land

landed

lowbred

ordinary

overland

philistine

plebeian

plenteous

plentiful

pucka

real

rich

🤑

rude

stalwart

strong

sturdy

sublunar

substantial

terrene

tough

true

uncivilised

uncivilized

uncouth

undignified

uninhibited

unmannered

unmannerly

unreserved

unrestrained

voluminous

well-knit

well-set

earthlike

echt

herculean

sonsie

relating to the earth

Rabelaisian

bounderish

good

👍

off-colour

abundant

ample

authentic

bawdy

beastly

bona fide

boorish

bountiful

broad

burly

churlish

cloddish

copious

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɜː.θi/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: erthy

Cognate with German: erdig

Cognate with Swedish: jordig

In summary

From Middle English erthy, equivalent to earth + -y. Compare German erdig (“earthy”), Swedish jordig (“earthy”).