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licentious
[lahy-sen-shuhs] 
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licentious
[lahy-sen-shuhs]
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | immoral, uncontrolled |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, amoral, animal, carnal, corrupt, debauched, depraved, desirous, disorderly, dissolute, fast, fast and loose, fleshly, impure, in the fast lane, incontinent, lascivious, lax, lecherous, lewd, libertine, libidinous, lickerish, loose*, lubricious, lustful, oversexed, profligate, promiscuous, relaxed, reprobate, salacious, satyric, scabrous, sensual, swinging, unconstrained, uncontrollable, uncurbed, unmoral, unprincipled, unruly, wanton |
| Antonyms: | chaste, controlled, good, innocent, moral |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bawdy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | vulgar, dirty |
| Synonyms: | blue, cheap, coarse, erotic, gross, indecent, indecorous, indelicate, lascivious, lecherous, lewd, libidinous, licentious, lustful, obscene, off-color, prurient, ribald, risqué, rude, salacious, suggestive |
| Antonyms: | chaste, clean, decent, proper, virginal |
| Main Entry: | carnal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | erotic, sensual |
| Synonyms: | animal, bodily, corporal, corporeal, earthly, fleshly, genital, impure, lascivious, lecherous, lewd, libidinous, licentious, lustful, physical, prurient, salacious, sensuous, temporal, unchaste, venereal, voluptuous, vulgar, wanton, worldly |
| Antonyms: | chaste, clean, intellectual, pure, spiritual |
| Main Entry: | debauched |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | violated, corrupted |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, corrupt, debased, defiled, degenerate, degraded, depraved, deteriorated, dissipated, dissolute, fast, gone bad, gone to the dogs, immoral, in the gutter, licentious, perverted, profligate, reprobate, vitiate, vitiated, wanton, wicked |
| Antonyms: | clean, cleansed, improved, pure, purified, uncorrupt, unpolluted, virtuous |
| Main Entry: | depraved |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | corrupt, immoral |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, bad, base, debased, debauched, degenerate, degraded, dirty*, dirty-minded, dissolute, evil, fast*, filthy*, flagitous, gone to the dogs, kinky*, lascivious, lewd, licentious, low, mean, miscreant, nefarious, perverted, profligate, putrid, rotten, shameless, sinful, twisted, unhealthy, unnatural, vicious, vile, villainous, vitiate, vitiated, wanton, warped, wicked |
| Antonyms: | good, honorable, just, moral, noble, pure, uncorrupt, upright, virtuous |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disreputable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dishonorable, lowly |
| Synonyms: | abject, bad, base, beggarly, cheap, contemptible, derogatory, despicable, discreditable, disgraceful, disorderly, dissolute, ignominious, in bad, in low esteem, in the doghouse, infamous, inglorious, lewd, libidinous, licentious, mean, no good, notorious, opprobrious, pitiable, scandalous, scurvy, shabby, shady, shameful, shocking, shoddy, sordid, sorry, unprincipled, vicious, vile |
| Antonyms: | decent, ethical, honorable, principled, reputable, respected |
| Main Entry: | dissolute |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lacking restraint, indulgent |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, corrupt, debauched, degenerate, depraved, dissipated, evil, fast and loose, fast*, gone bad, high living, in the fast lane, intemperate, lascivious, lax, lecherous, lewd, libertine, licentious, light, loose*, night owl, nighthawk, on the take, open, player*, profligate, raffish, rakish, reprobate, slack, swift, sybaritic, unconstrained, unprincipled, unrestrained, vicious, wanton, wayward, wicked, wild |
| Antonyms: | chaste, good, moral, pure, resolute, respectful, virtuous |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fast |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | immoral, promiscuous |
| Synonyms: | bawdy, careless, debauched, depraved, devil-may-care, dissipated, dissolute, easy, extravagant, flirtatious, frivolous, gadabout, giddy, incontinent, indecent, intemperate, lascivious, lecherous, lewd, libertine, libidinous, licentious, light, loose, lustful, profligate, rakish, reckless, salacious, self-gratifying, self-indulgent, sportive, sporty, unchaste, wanton, wild |
| Antonyms: | good, moral, upright |
| Main Entry: | filthy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | vulgar, obscene |
| Synonyms: | base, bawdy, blue*, coarse, contemptible, corrupt, depraved, despicable, dirty-minded, foul, foul-mouthed, impure, indecent, lewd, licentious, low, mean, nasty, offensive, pornographic, raunchy, scatological, scurvy, smutty, suggestive, vicious, vile |
| Antonyms: | chaste, clean, decent, pure |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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