lewd synonyms

lewd

modif.

  1. Suggestive of lewdness

    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.

    Antonyms decent*, refined*, clean. *

  2. Inclined to lewdness

    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*.

    Antonyms chaste, pure*, modest.

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