BARNYARD Synonyms: 66 Similar and Opposite Words

barnyard

adjective

Definition of barnyard

as in earthy

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Recent Examples of barnyard And while this time there are no actual goats wandering around, Sedgwick provides some barnyard accompaniment with a screaming toy as Bacon strums his acoustic guitar. — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 10 Feb. 2023 Shaun the Sheep fans can't get enough of these barnyard animals and all their gentle adventures. — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 30 Sep. 2022 Lard has been beloved now and then but often tastes too barnyard-y. — Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2019

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Adjective

Before there was Georgia Oakley’s earthy, enthralling new spin on Jane Austen’s debut novel, there was Ang Lee’s 1995 standard-bearer of an adaptation.

— Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 14 Oct. 2026
Also milder, sweeter and less earthy than red beets, so make sure the red beet-haters give them a taste.

— Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of earthy

Adjective

Continue reading … SOUR NOTE — Hayley Williams unleashes vulgar insult at DHS after agency defends ICE officers.

— , FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026
This has made some machine translations comically inaccurate, sometimes turning innocuous words into vulgar references in English.

— Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of vulgar

Adjective

Many cannabis companies paid tax on gross profit rather than net profit, creating chronic cash-flow pressure.

— Carolyn Schenck, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Some brands could be feeling input cost pressure at the same time that lower total import costs may support modestly better gross margins in the near term.

— Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of gross

Adjective

Shohei Ohtani emerged from the visiting dugout at American Family Field with a bat in his hand, and the mass of media members scattered in foul territory up the third-base line shifted his way, pulled by the magnetic force that is Ohtani’s stardom.

— Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
Stewart attempted a pickoff throw that went off the glove of first baseman Freddie Freeman and into foul territory for an error, advancing Hamilton to second.

— CBS News, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of foul

Adjective

Some orphans, their faces filthy, walked the stands hawking candy.

— Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2026
Myriad violations, from food that should’ve been trashed weeks earlier to filthy equipment, befouled the state inspection of a West Miami-Dade supermarket this week.

— David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of filthy

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