lewd
33
7.4
- adjective
- /luːd/
- Offensive
- All the officers were laughing now and passing lewd comments back and forth.
- lewd behavior
- lewd jokes
- lewd and obscene
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Watch on YouTubeI could only be lewd to my partners.
- I could only be lewd to my partners.
- Epstein and Maxwell were making lewd jokes about Randy Andy.
- But yeah, man, this is, listen, obviously we don't promote lewd conduct in person, but like, how dope.
- And I sort of in a slightly lewd way, say that it looked as if it was giving Bill the finger.
- Sorry, basically somebody used the same algorithm and coding of wordle and then made it theme to lewd words not say for work words like Dicks.
- I know this sounds like bollocks, it's every man's dream, but when we were alone she asked me to take some lewd, which I mean thinks naughty pics of her for her husband.
Examples
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I mean, he'd make lewd comments at women patients.
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Would it suggest or convey lewd and lascivious thoughts to the young and inexperienced?
Academic text (2016) -
Would you say that this is lewd conduct?
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This man has been sending lewd comments and photos to our daughter.
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There was trespassing, destruction of public property, lewd behavior.
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Disruptive conduct, lewd and suggestive speech to a fellow employee, antagonistic behavior toward students.
Fiction book (2000) -
They swore they drank to excess, they indulged in what one minister described as light, lewd and lascivious dancing.
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He was criticized for making lewd jokes during the meeting.
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The film was rated R for its lewd content and explicit scenes.
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The teacher reported him for his lewd behavior towards fellow students.
Synonyms
296
6.4
Containing rude sexual words
80
4.7
Containing rude or offensive language
52
5.1
Being rude and offensive, often about sex
52
6.5
Being rude and indecent in words or behaviour
45
7.2
Shows sexual acts to make people feel sexual desire
44
4.7
Words or jokes that are rude and about sex
42
6.2
Sexually rude and offensive to many people
40
6.7
Not acceptable in public because it is offensive or sexual
22
9.9
Too interested in sex in a way that makes people uncomfortable
18
7.9
Slightly shocking because it talks about sex in a rude or funny way
17
8.6
Content about sex that is rude and shocking
11
6.3
Wanting to have sex
10
9.5
Showing strong sexual desire that makes others uncomfortable
9
9.9
Showing sexual interest in a way that makes others uncomfortable
7
7.7
A little impolite because it talks about sex, often in a funny or daring way
7
8.8
Showing strong sexual interest that makes others feel uncomfortable
3
9.9
Having very strong sexual desire
1
9.9
Meant to cause sexual desire by words or actions
1
9.9
Refers to art or speech that has crude sexual content
Rude about sex in a way that shocks people
Antonyms
How Indecent
- Offensive
45
7.2
- Offensive
27
5.7
- Offensive
33
7.4
- Offensive
14
6.0
- NSFW
7
7.7
Surface Forms
Etymology
Lewd originally meant 'not learned' and was used for ordinary people who were not priests, a lay person. Over time its meaning changed to 'vulgar' and then to 'sexually offensive', so today lewd describes words or actions that are rude and meant to excite sexual desire.