letch
3
9.9
- noun
- /lɛtʃ/
- Offensive
:
pervertido
- Everyone knows he's a letch who makes inappropriate comments to young girls.
- an old letch
Examples
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He called her sweetheart because he had a genuine letch for her.
Fiction book (2001) -
The man at the bar was such a letch that many women avoided him.
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- Then what about the letch?
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And so you shall... you bald-headed old letch!
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Even unconscious, he's a letch!
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I wished I'd had a tape recorder to tape the letch at my office.
Blog text (4) -
Walter, you're a letch.
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If she is, it would embarrass him that she caught him looking and would make her uncomfortable. Then, when he saw her next, he would have to make a point of not looking at her when she passed, or she would think he was some kind of street letch. After that, she would avoid looking at him every time she came within a certain distance of him: thirty or forty feet, let's say.
Fiction book (1997) -
She described him to me in such a manner as to erase from my mind forever the syphilitic letch my mother had so ardently impressed upon me.
Fiction book (1996) -
A smarmy little peacock, behind a vast desk; he's conceived an instant, hopeless letch for Clarice.
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
3
9.1
A man who shows rude, strong sexual interest in other people
1
9.9
A man who makes unwanted sexual comments or touches others
1
9.9
A man who wants sex a lot and acts in a rude way
Antonyms
How Lecherous
Surface Forms
Etymology
Letch comes from the older English word lecher (as in lecherous) and names a man with 'strong sexual desire'. A helpful way to remember it is to picture a lecher who gives unwanted sexual attention, which explains the modern meaning of letch.