Synonyms for lewd
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : lood |
| Phonetic Transcription : lud |
Top 10 synonyms for lewd Other synonyms for the word lewd
- blue
- fast
- filthy
- foul-mouthed
- gross
- hard-core
- immodest
- immoral
- improper
- impure
- in bad taste
- incontinent
- indelicate
- lecherous
- libertine
- libidinous
- licentious
- loose
- lustful
- profligate
- questionable
- rakish
- risqué
- salacious
- scandalous
- scurrilous
- shameless
- smutty
- suggestive
- taboo
- unchaste
- unclean
- unconventional
- unvirtuous
- vile
- wanton
- wicked
- X-rated
Définition of lewd
Origin :- Old English læwede "nonclerical," of uncertain origin but probably ultimately from Vulgar Latin *laigo-, from Latin laicus (see lay (adj.)). Sense of "unlettered, uneducated" (early 13c.) descended to "coarse, vile, lustful" by late 14c. Related: Lewdly; lewdness.
- adj vulgar, indecent
- They see everywhere, even in the most innocent objects, the most lewd allusions.
- Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
- All lewd women are diseased some of the time and some lewd women are diseased all of the time.
- Extract from : « Fighting the Traffic in Young Girls » by Various
- I felt some pricks of shame at this lewd reference to my father.
- Extract from : « Athelstane Ford » by Allen Upward
- Their humour was obscene and he was never at a loss for the lewd remark.
- Extract from : « The Trembling of a Leaf » by William Somerset Maugham
- "Yea; mockers and scorners are Godwin and his lewd sons," answered the monk.
- Extract from : « Harold, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- The archbishop has his prison, where there are lodgings for lewd women.
- Extract from : « The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 (Vol 28 of 55) » by Various
- He proved that the witnesses were lewd and infamous persons.
- Extract from : « The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part F. » by David Hume
- Beginning with the two "calves," they proceeded to lewd and orgiastic idolatries.
- Extract from : « The Expositor's Bible » by F. W. Farrar
- A lewd, impudent, debauch'd fellow, very expert in the cant about the town.
- Extract from : « The Town » by Leigh Hunt
- It is for every way, every religion; every lewd course prevaileth with it.
- Extract from : « Letters of Samuel Rutherford » by Samuel Rutherford
Antonyms for lewd
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