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lewd

UK
/luːd/
US
/luːd/

Translations

lewdadjective
lewder
Comp.
lewdest
Super.
UK
/luːd/
US
/luːd/
He was fired for sending lewd pictures to his colleagues.
Il a été licencié pour avoir envoyé des photos obscènes à ses collègues.
Additional translations
profaneSens vieilli, dans le contexte religieux.
vilSens archaïque.
salaceFamilier.
illettréSens vieilli.
Synonyms
prurient
lascivious
salacious
indecent
obscene
vulgar
licentious
raunchy
Antonyms
chaste
modest
pure
lewdnoun
lewds
pl
UK
/luːd/
US
/lud/
Archaic countable noun meaning ‘a lewd person, esp. a prostitute’
débauchéSens vieilli.
The constables arrested several lewds at the brothel.
Les constables ont arrêté plusieurs débauchés dans le bordel.
Additional translations
illettréSens vieilli.
profaneSens vieilli, personne non lettrée ou non instruite du point de vue religieux.
Synonyms
pervert
lecher
lech
libertine
roué
satyr
philanderer
debauchee

Definitions

lewdadjective
Obscene or indecent in a sexual way; lascivious.
He was fired for sending lewd pictures to his colleagues.
(Archaic) Ignorant or unlearned; belonging to the lay common people as opposed to the clergy.
In medieval England, the scriptures were withheld from the lewd populace.
(Archaic) Morally wicked or base; vile.
The outlaw's lewd deeds spread fear throughout the countryside.
lewdnoun
(Archaic) A lewd or sexually immoral person, especially a prostitute.
The constables arrested several lewds at the brothel.
(Obsolete) A common or uneducated person; a layman.
The scholar strove to instruct the lewds who gathered outside the cathedral.
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