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lewd
(lo͞od)adj. lewd·er, lewd·est
1.
a. Preoccupied with sex and sexual desire; lustful.
b. Obscene; indecent.
2. Obsolete Wicked.
[Middle English leued, unlearned, lay, lascivious, from Old English lǣwede, ignorant, lay.]
lewd′ly adv.
lewd′ness n.
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lewd
(luːd)adj
1. characterized by or intended to excite crude sexual desire; obscene
2. obsolete
a. wicked
b. ignorant
[C14: from Old English lǣwde lay, ignorant; see lay3]
ˈlewdly adv
ˈlewdness n
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lewd
(lud)adj. -er, -est.
1. inclined to, characterized by, or inciting to lust or lechery; lascivious.
2. obscene or indecent, as language; salacious.
3. Obs.
[before 900; Middle English leud, lewed, Old English lǣwede lay, unlearned]
lewd′ly, adv.
lewd′ness, n.
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Adj. | 1. | lewd - suggestive of or tending to moral looseness; "lewd whisperings of a dirty old man"; "an indecent gesture"; "obscene telephone calls"; "salacious limericks" dirty - (of behavior or especially language) characterized by obscenity or indecency; "dirty words"; "a dirty old man"; "dirty books and movies"; "boys telling dirty jokes"; "has a dirty mouth" |
2. | lewd - driven by lust; preoccupied with or exhibiting lustful desires; "libidinous orgies" sexy - marked by or tending to arouse sexual desire or interest; "feeling sexy"; "sexy clothes"; "sexy poses"; "a sexy book"; "sexy jokes" |
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lewd
adjective indecent, obscene, vulgar, dirty, blue, loose, vile, pornographic, wicked, wanton, X-rated (informal), profligate, bawdy, salacious, impure, lascivious, smutty, lustful, libidinous, licentious, unchaste He spends all his day eyeing up women and making lewd comments.
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lewd
adjective1. Feeling or devoted to sexual love or desire:
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.
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lewd
[luːd] ADJ (lewder (compar) (lewdest (superl))) [person] → lascivo; [song, story] → verde, colorado (LAm)Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
lewd
a. lujurioso-a, deshonesto-a, libidinoso-a, obsceno-a.
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