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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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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
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

adjective
1. Feeling or devoted to sexual love or desire:
2. Offensive to accepted standards of decency:
Slang: raunchy.
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lewd

[luːd] ADJ (lewder (compar) (lewdest (superl))) [person] → lascivo; [song, story] → verde, colorado (LAm)
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lewd

[ˈluːd] adj [person, behaviour] → impudique
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

lewd

adj (+er)unanständig; (= lustful)lüstern; remarkanzüglich; joke, songunanständig, anstößig, anzüglich; imaginationschmutzig; don’t be lewdwerd nicht anzüglich
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lewd

[luːd] adj (-er (comp) (-est (superl))) → osceno/a
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

lewd

a. lujurioso-a, deshonesto-a, libidinoso-a, obsceno-a.
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