lewd

lewd
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
adj. lascivious, obscene, salacious, indecent, unchaste. See impurity.
II
(Roget's IV) modif.
1. [Suggestive of lewdness]
Syn. ribald, smutty, risqué, dirty, indecent, loose, foul-mouthed, obscene, vulgar, bawdy, raunchy, naughty, off-color, questionable, taboo, unconventional, immoral, racy, impure, immodest, unclean, suggestive, indelicate, scandalous, scurrilous, coarse, rakish, vile, ungentlemanly, unladylike, unvirtuous, salacious, pornographic, gross, shameless, erotic, in bad taste, unfit for the young; see also sense 2, sensual .
Ant. decent*, refined, clean.
2. [Inclined to lewdness]
Syn. lustful, wanton, lascivious, libidinous, licentious, lecherous, libertine, lubricious, profligate, dissolute, voluptuous, reprobate, carnal, orgiastic, sensual, debauched, corrupt, unchaste, depraved, unbridled, Rabelaisian, unregenerate, polluted, ruttish, nymphomaniacal, satyric, prurient, concupiscent, incontinent, masochistic, sadistic, incestuous, fornicative, unbridled, beastly, goatish, hircine, caprine, horny*, hot*, hot for*, hot to trot*.
Ant. chaste, pure*, modest.
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.
lascivious, lecherous, lustful, libidinous, salacious, licentious, obscene, vulgar, indecent, immodest, suggestive, X-rated, lurid.
ANT.: chaste, pure, upright, wholesome, clean
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Feeling or devoted to sexual love or desire: amative, amorous, concupiscent, erotic, lascivious, lecherous, libidinous, lustful, lusty, passionate, prurient, sexy. See SEX. 2. Offensive to accepted standards of decency: barnyard, bawdy, broad, coarse, dirty, Fescennine, filthy, foul, gross, nasty, obscene, profane, ribald, scatologic, scatological, scurrilous, smutty, vulgar. Slang: raunchy. See DECENT.

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  • Lewd — (l[=u]d), a. [Compar. {Lewder} ( [ e]r); superl. {Lewdest}.] [{OE}. lewed, lewd, lay, ignorant, vile, AS. l[=ae]wed laical, belonging to the laity.] 1. Not clerical; laic; laical; hence, unlearned; simple. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] For if a priest be …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • lewd — / lüd/ adj: involving or being sexual conduct that is considered indecent or offensive: licentious convicted of lewd and lascivious assault upon a child National Law Journal lewd·ly adv lewd·ness n …   Law dictionary

  • lewd´ly — lewd «lood», adjective. 1. not decent; obscene; lustful: »lewd stories, a lewd song. SYNONYM(S): lascivious, lecherous. 2. Obsolete. a) unlearned; ignorant …   Useful english dictionary

  • lewd — lewd; lewd·ly; lewd·ness; lewd·ster; …   English syllables

  • lewd — [lu:d] adj [: Old English; Origin: lAwede not a priest, knowing nothing ] using rude words or movements that make you think of sex ▪ lewd comments >lewdly adv >lewdness n [U] …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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  • lewd — (adj.) O.E. læwede nonclerical, of uncertain origin but probably ultimately from V.L. *laigo , from L. laicus (see LAY (Cf. lay) (adj.)). Sense of unlettered, uneducated (early 13c.) descended to coarse, vile, lustful by late 14c. Related:… …   Etymology dictionary

  • lewd — lustful, lascivious, libidinous, lecherous, wanton, *licentious, libertine Analogous words: *immoral, unmoral, amoral: gross, *coarse, obscene: indecent, indelicate (see INDECOROUS) Antonyms: chaste Contrasted words: decent, pure, modest (see… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • lewd — [adj] vulgar, indecent bawdy, blue, coarse, erotic, fast*, filthy*, foul mouthed, gross*, hardcore*, immodest, immoral, improper, impure, in bad taste, incontinent, indelicate, lascivious, lecherous, libertine, libidinous, licentious, loose*,… …   New thesaurus

  • lewd — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ crude and offensive in a sexual way. DERIVATIVES lewdly adverb lewdness noun. ORIGIN originally in the sense «belonging to the laity», later «belonging to the common people, vulgar»: from Old English …   English terms dictionary

  • lewd — [lo͞od] adj. [ME lewed < OE læwede, lay, unlearned < ?] 1. showing, or intended to excite, lust or sexual desire, esp. in an offensive way; lascivious 2. Obs. a) unlearned; ignorant b) unprincipled; vicious lewdly adv. lewdness n …   English World dictionary

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