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- [lood]
- /lud/
- /luːd/
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- [lood]
- /lud/
Definitions of lewd word
- adjective lewd inclined to, characterized by, or inciting to lust or lechery; lascivious. 1
- adjective lewd obscene or indecent, as language or songs; salacious. 1
- adjective lewd Obsolete. low, ignorant, or vulgar. base, vile, or wicked, especially of a person. bad, worthless, or poor, especially of a thing. 1
- noun lewd Crude and offensive in a sexual way. 1
- adjective lewd person: lustful 1
- adjective lewd person: lustful 1
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Origin of lewd
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English leud, lewed, Old English lǣwede lay, unlearned
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Parts of speech for Lewd
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
lewd popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 91% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
lewd usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for lewd
adj lewd
- naughty — improper, tasteless, indecorous, or indecent: a naughty word.
- salacious — lustful or lecherous.
- pornographic — sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, whose purpose is to elicit sexual arousal.
- ribald — vulgar or indecent in speech, language, etc.; coarsely mocking, abusive, or irreverent; scurrilous.
- off-color — not having the usual or standard color: an off-color gem.
adjective lewd
- randy — sexually aroused; lustful; lecherous.
- lusty — full of or characterized by healthy vigor.
- indecent — offending against generally accepted standards of propriety or good taste; improper; vulgar: indecent jokes; indecent language; indecent behavior.
- vulgar — characterized by ignorance of or lack of good breeding or taste: vulgar ostentation.
- erotic — Of, relating to, or tending to arouse sexual desire or excitement.
Antonyms for lewd
adj lewd
- moral — of, relating to, or concerned with the principles or rules of right conduct or the distinction between right and wrong; ethical: moral attitudes.
- chaste — If you describe a person or their behaviour as chaste, you mean that they do not have sex with anyone, or they only have sex with their husband or wife.
- clean — Something that is clean is free from dirt or unwanted marks.
- pure — free from anything of a different, inferior, or contaminating kind; free from extraneous matter: pure gold; pure water.
- decent — Decent is used to describe something which is considered to be of an acceptable standard or quality.
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