lewd

lewd  (ld)

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 lwede, ignorant, lay.]

---

lewdly adv.

lewdness n.

---

lewd [luːd]

adj

1. characterized by or intended to excite crude sexual desire; obscene

2. Obsolete

a.  wicked

b.  ignorant

[from Old English lǣwde lay, ignorant; see lay³]

lewdly  adv

lewdness  n

Thesaurus

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" raunchy, salacious, obscene 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" lascivious, libidinous, lustful sexy - marked by or tending to arouse sexual desire or interest; "feeling sexy"; "sexy clothes"; "sexy poses"; "a sexy book"; "sexy jokes"

---

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.

Translations

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

lewd [ˈluːd] adj [person, behaviour] → impudique

lewd

adj (+er) → unanständig; (= lustful) → lüstern; remark → anzüglich; joke, song → unanständig, anstößig, anzüglich; imagination → schmutzig; don’t be lewd → werd nicht anzüglich

lewd [luːd] adj (-er (comp) (-est (superl))) → osceno/a