lewd

(lūd)
adj., lewd·er, lewd·est.

1. 1. Preoccupied with sex and sexual desire; lustful.
   2. Obscene; indecent.
2. Obsolete. Wicked.

[Middle English leued, unlearned, lay, lascivious, from Old English lǣwede, ignorant, lay.]

lewdly lewd'ly adv.
lewdness lewd'ness n.

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adjective

1. Feeling or devoted to sexual love or desire: amative, amorous, concupiscent, erotic, lascivious, lecherous, libidinous, lustful, lusty, passionate, prurient, sexy. See sex/asexual.
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/indecent.

adj

Definition: vulgar, indecent
Antonyms: chaste, clean, decent, moral

IN BRIEF: Indecent.

I went home because that group was very lewd during the party.

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For a list of words related to lewd, see:

• Vulgar, Rude, Degenerate, or Wild
• Sexuality and Libido - lewd: (adj) lustful, lecherous, obscene in desires

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - utugtig, uanstændig, sjofel, liderlig, ulærd, uvidende, slet, ond, ryggesløs

Nederlands (Dutch)
wellustig, ontuchtig

Français (French)
adj. - obscène, lubrique

Deutsch (German)
adj. - lüstern, geil, schlüpfrig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ασελγής, άσεμνος, ακόλαστος, ηδυπαθής, λάγνος

Italiano (Italian)
impudico

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - lascivo, obsceno

Русский (Russian)
похотливый, подлый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - obsceno, impúdico, indecente

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - liderlig, otuktig, vällustig, oanständig, simpel, usel

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
好色的, 猥亵的, 淫荡的, 无原则的, 粗俗的, 无知的, 邪恶的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 好色的, 猥褻的, 淫蕩的, 無原則的, 粗俗的, 無知的, 邪惡的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 음란한 , 외설한, 호색의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 好色な, みだらな

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) فاسق, داعر, بذئ, خليع, مثير للشهوة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮תאוותני, גס‬

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