lewdness
4
7.9
- noun
- /ˈluːd.nəs/
- Offensive
:
obscenidad
- The local park has become known for instances of public lewdness, which prompted the city to increase security.
And her step kids are like suing her for like public nudity, essentially, or like lewdness.
- And her step kids are like suing her for like public nudity, essentially, or like lewdness.
Examples
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The queen of England does not attend... exhibitions of public lewdness.
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We expect lewdness and coarseness from the world.
Blog text (27) -
- That store, I was close to getting arrested for public lewdness.
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Any lewdness is in your own mind, and rather flattering to me, I might add, thank you.
Blog text (24) -
We are not to be lovers of violence, lewdness, and unrighteousness.
Blog text (2) -
The accusations of sexual lewdness in his lyrics and presentation also played into white fears of black sexuality.
Academic text (2003) -
However, neither party has been charged with the more obvious crime of public lewdness and/or indecent exposure.
Blog text (23) -
Put off, I say, lewdness and impurity; put on the bright robe of chastity.
Academic text (1991) -
The woman's actions convinced both Dickens and me that she was capable of any conceivable lewdness for the purposes of her criminal lover's preservation.
Fiction book (1990) -
When the university was founded, it was expected that English Puritan families would send their sons to the colonies rather than expose them to the "prelacy" and "temptation to lewdness" prevalent at Oxford or Cambridge.
Academic text (1992)
Synonyms
50
7.4
Sexual or rude material that offends people
12
6.3
Behavior or speech people find offensive and wrong
4
9.6
Strong desire for sex and actions that offend other people
2
9.3
A strong interest in physical and sexual pleasure
1
7.0
Sex between people that many groups or religions call wrong
1
9.9
A strong sexual desire that many people find offensive
1
9.9
A way of acting that uses sexual words and images to shock or excite people
1
8.6
The quality of being crude and openly sexual, often to make people laugh
1
9.9
Rude sexual talk or writing that people find offensive
1
6.8
Being direct and coarse in a way that can seem sexual or rude
Showing sexual interest in a way people find offensive
Open sexual behavior that many people see as morally wrong
A strong desire to have sex
Strong sexual desire shown in an inappropriate way
A quality of speech or writing that is rude about sex
A type of indecent sexual joke or language
Antonyms
How Indecent
- Offensive
138
7.2
- Offensive
50
7.4
- Offensive
4
7.9
- NSFW
12
6.3
1
6.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Lewdness comes from the old word lewd, which originally meant 'common' or 'not learned', like a layman. Over time 'not learned' came to mean 'vulgar' and then 'sexual', so lewdness now means being 'obscene' or 'indecent'.