earthy

adjective

SayUR-theeUS/ˈɝθi/UK/ˈɜː.θi/

4 meanings of earthy

1
adjective
Resembling soil or earth, or consisting of it.
The wine has earthy notes of mushroom and forest floor.
Potters prize the earthy browns of the local clay.
2
adjective
Down-to-earth and natural, without pretense or artificiality.
Away from the cameras, the actress is surprisingly earthy, laughing loudly and talking about her vegetable patch.
Fans love the singer's earthy warmth and complete lack of pretense.
Similarunpretentious, natural, unaffected
Oppositepretentious, affected
3
adjectivefiguratively
Coarse and unrefined; crude.
The novel's earthy language shocked some of its early reviewers.
The play mixes fine poetry with earthy jokes about drinking and bodily functions.
Similarbawdy, crude, coarse, ribald, vulgar
Oppositerefined, genteel
4
adjective
Covered with soil, mud, or dirt.
The dog came back from the flower bed wet and earthy, with soil on its nose.
She rinsed the earthy potatoes in the sink before peeling them.
Similardirty, muddy
Oppositeclean

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From Middle English erthy, equivalent to earth + -y; compare German erdig and Swedish jordig ("earthy").