lascivious
11
9.5
- adjective
- /ləˈsɪv.i.əs/
- Offensive
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lascivo
- "A lewd and lascivious performance."
- lewd and lascivious
- lascivious women
Because the devil keeps them preoccupied with the filth and mire of the existence that they occupy right now, keeps putting lascivious and dirty thoughts in their head.
- Because the devil keeps them preoccupied with the filth and mire of the existence that they occupy right now, keeps putting lascivious and dirty thoughts in their head.
Examples
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Salome's lascivious dance before her stepfather Herod has done the trick.
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...wrote a letter to this chick describing my lascivious tactics.
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Could be the lascivious Miss Scarlett.
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Christmas, for example, lewd, lascivious behavior, heavy, heavy eating, hard drinking.
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"Oh, yeah," the brunette said with a lascivious wink, "I know what you mean."
Fiction book (1991) -
The others giggle at the lascivious implication in his words.
Fiction book (1996) -
Daisy, I've had it with your lascivious flirtatiousness.
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I'm certainly glad Mrs. Carr isn't here tonight because this is a lascivious display...
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The man shrugged but kept smiling at her in a vaguely lascivious way.
Fiction book (1998) -
The film was criticized for its lascivious scenes that many found offensive.
Synonyms
193
7.2
Feeling a strong desire for sex
33
7.4
Sexually offensive or indecent in a way that shocks people
30
9.3
An insulting word used to say a woman has many sexual partners
24
9.9
Too interested in sex in a way that makes people uncomfortable
11
6.3
Wanting to have sex
10
9.9
Having too much interest in sex that makes other people uncomfortable
8
9.9
Showing sexual interest in a way that makes others uncomfortable
7
8.8
Showing strong sexual interest that makes others feel uncomfortable
3
9.9
Having very strong sexual desire
1
9.8
Behaving in a sexually loose way
1
9.9
A woman who acts and looks in a way people think is sexually improper or untidy
1
9.9
Meant to cause sexual desire by words or actions
Showing strong sexual interest that makes other people feel uncomfortable
Antonyms
How Lewd
Surface Forms
Morphology
lascivious = lasciv + ous
Although '-ous' is a productive adjectival suffix, the root 'lasciv' is a Latin combining form unfamiliar to average learners, so the meaning cannot be derived from known English base words.
Etymology
Lascivious comes from the Latin word lascivus, which meant 'playful' or 'too playful'. Over time that idea of being 'too playful' became linked to sexual behaviour that many people find offensive, so lascivious now describes showing strong, often offensive, sexual desire.