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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | passionate, vehement |
| Synonyms: | angry, animated, ardent, aroused, distracted, eager, enthusiastic, excited, fervent, fervid, fierce, fiery, furious, ill-tempered, impassioned, impetuous, indignant, inflamed, intense, irascible, lustful, raging, stormy, temperamental, touchy, violent |
| Antonyms: | calm, indifferent, unfeeling |
| Main Entry: | lascivious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sexually aroused; displaying excessive interest in sex |
| Synonyms: | X-rated, bawdy, blue, bodily, carnal, coarse, crude, evil-minded, fast*, fleshly, gross*, hard-core, hot*, immoral, incontinent, indecent, lecherous, lewd, libertine, libidinous, licentious, low-down, lubricious, lustful, nasty, obscene, off-color, offensive, orgiastic, pornographic, prurient, randy, raunchy*, raw, ribald, rough, salacious, scurrilous, sensual, smutty, soft-core, steamy, suggestive, unchaste, voluptuous, vulgar, wanton |
| Antonyms: | chaste, decent, moral |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lewd |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | vulgar, indecent |
| Synonyms: | X-rated, bawdy, blue, coarse, erotic, fast*, filthy*, foul-mouthed, gross*, hard-core, immodest, immoral, improper, impure, in bad taste, incontinent, indelicate, lascivious, lecherous, libertine, libidinous, licentious, loose*, lustful, naughty, obscene, off-color, pornographic, profligate, questionable, racy, rakish, ribald, risqué, salacious, scandalous, scurrilous, shameless, smutty, suggestive, taboo, unchaste, unclean, unconventional, unvirtuous, vile, wanton, wicked |
| Antonyms: | clean, decent, moral |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | licentious |
| 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: | obscene |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | indecent, offensive, immoral |
| Synonyms: | X-rated, atrocious, barnyard, bawdy, blue*, coarse, crude, dirty*, disgusting, evil, filthy, foul, gross, heinous, hideous, horrible, immodest, improper, impure, lascivious, lewd, licentious, loathsome, loose*, lustful, nasty, noisome, outrageous, porno, pornographic, profane, prurient, rank*, raunchy*, raw, repellent, repugnant, ribald, salacious, scabrous, scatological, scurrilous, shameless, shocking, sickening, smutty, suggestive, unchaste, unclean, unwholesome, vile, wanton, wicked |
| Antonyms: | clean, decent, innocent, moral, pure, upright |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | passionate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sensual, desirous |
| Synonyms: | amorous, ardent, aroused, concupiscent, desirous, erotic, heavy*, hot*, lascivious, libidinous, loving, lustful, prurient, romantic, sexy, steamy, stimulated, sultry, turned-on, wanton, wistful |
| Antonyms: | cold, cool, frigid, indifferent, uncaring, unpassionate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | prurient |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lascivious |
| Synonyms: | bawdy, carnal, crude, desirous, erotic, fleshly, horny, hot*, lecherous, lewd, libertine, libidinous, licentious, lustful, obscene, offensive, orgiastic, pornographic, raunchy*, salacious, sensual, sexual, smutty, suggestive, unchaste, vulgar |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | raunchy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lewd, obscene |
| Synonyms: | X-rated, bawdy, dirty, erotic, filthy*, foul-mouthed, gross*, hard- core, improper, in bad taste, lascivious, lecherous, lustful, naughty, off-color, pornographic, racy, risqué, sexually explicit, smutty, suggestive, taboo, vulgar, wicked |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | salacious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lascivious |
| Synonyms: | bawdy, carnal, erotic, fast*, horny, hot*, indecent, lecherous, lewd, libertine, libidinous, licentious, lubricious, lustful, nasty, obscene, orgiastic, prurient, raunchy, sensual, smutty, steamy, suggestive, voluptuous, wanton |
| Notes: | salacious means characterized by lust or suggestive of or tending to moral looseness, while salubrious means favorable to health or promoting health |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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