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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lustful |
| Synonyms: | carnal, coarse, concupiscent, debauched, fast, hot*, impure, incontinent, lascivious, lecherous, libertine, loose*, obscene, passionate, prurient, salacious, satyric, sensual, unchaste, wanton, wicked |
| Antonyms: | clean, decent, moral |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | loose |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | promiscuous |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, capricious, careless, corrupt, debauched, disreputable, dissipated, dissolute, easy, fast, heedless, high living, immoral, imprudent, inconstant, lax, lewd, libertine, licentious, light, negligent, out of control, playing, profligate, rash, reckless, speeding, swinging, thoughtless, unchaste, unmindful, unrestrained, wanton |
| Notes: | loose means not restrained, fastened, confined or attached, while lose means fail to keep or to maintain or fail to win |
| Antonyms: | clean, decent, moral |
| Main Entry: | perverted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | immoral, evil |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, aberrant, abnormal, abused, contorted, corrupt, corrupted, debased, debauched, defiled, depraved, deviant, deviating, distorted, foreign, grotesque, impaired, kinky*, misguided, misused, monstrous, outraged, polluted, queer, sick, tainted, twisted, unhealthy, unnatural, vicious, vitiate, vitiated, warped, wicked |
| Antonyms: | clean, good, healthy, moral |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | profligate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | immoral, corrupt |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, debauched, degenerate, depraved, dissipated, dissolute, iniquitous, lax, lewd, libertine, licentious, loose, promiscuous, reprobate, shameless, unprincipled, vicious, vitiated, wanton, wicked, wild |
| Antonyms: | good, moral, nice |
| Main Entry: | promiscuous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | indiscriminately sexually active |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, debauched, dissipated, dissolute, easy*, fast*, immoral, indiscriminate, lax, libertine, licentious, loose*, of easy virtue, oversexed, profligate, pushover, unbridled, unchaste, undiscriminating, unrestricted, wanton, wild |
| Antonyms: | chaste, cold, cool, frigid |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rakish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | charming and immoral |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, chic, dashing, debauched, depraved, devil-may-care, dissipated, dissolute, fashionable, fast*, flashy, gay, jaunty, lecherous, licentious, loose*, natty, prodigal, profligate, raffish, saucy, sinful, smart, sporty, wanton, wild |
| Antonyms: | clean, moral, upright |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rotten |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dishonest, immoral |
| Synonyms: | bent, bribable, contaminated, corrupt, crooked, debauched, deceitful, defiled, degenerate, depraved, dirtied, dishonorable, disloyal, faithless, filthy, flagitious, impure, mercenary, nefarious, perfidious, perverse, polluted, soiled, sullied, tainted, treacherous, unclean, untrustworthy, venal, vicious, villainous, vitiated |
| Antonyms: | decent, good, honest, moral, trustworthy, uncorrupt |
| Main Entry: | sensual |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | physical, erotic |
| Synonyms: | X-rated, animal, animalistic, arousing, bodily, carnal, debauched, delightful, epicurean, exciting, fleshly, heavy*, hedonic, hot*, lascivious, lecherous, lewd, libidinous, licentious, lustful, moving, pleasing, rough, sensuous, sexual, sexy, sharpened, steamy, stimulating, stirring, tactile, unchaste, unspiritual, voluptuous |
| Notes: | sensuous usually implies gratification of the senses for the sake of aesthetic pleasure; sensual usually describes gratification of the senses or physical appetites as an end in itself |
| Antonyms: | abstemious, chaste, mental |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | shameful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | atrocious; disreputable |
| Synonyms: | base, carnal, contemptible, corrupt, dastardly, debauched, degrading, diabolical, disgraceful, dishonorable, drunken, embarrassing, flagrant, heinous, humiliating, ignominious, immodest, immoral, impure, indecent, infamous, intemperate, lewd, low, mean, mortifying, notorious, obscene, opprobrious, outrageous, profligate, reprehensible, reprobate, ribald, scandalous, shaming, shocking, sinful, unbecoming, unclean, unworthy, vile, villainous, vulgar, wicked |
| Antonyms: | good, reputable, respectable |
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