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lecherousness
noun as in lewdness
Strong matches
- boorishness
- carnality
- coarseness
- concupiscence
- corruptness
- debauchery
- depravity
- dirtiness
- dissoluteness
- eroticism
- erotism
- evil
- evilness
- grossness
- impurity
- incontinence
- incontinency
- lasciviousness
- lechery
- licentiousness
- lubricity
- lustfulness
- obscenity
- pederasty
- pornography
- prurience
- pruriency
- ribaldry
- salaciousness
- salacity
- satyriasis
- scurrility
- smut
- smuttiness
- vileness
- villainy
- voluptuousness
- vulgarity
- wantonness
- wickedness
Example Sentences
With the prevalence of puking young woman, female figures darting through the woods and Herr König’s suave lecherousness, it all becomes clear that the nefarious goings-on in this town have to do with the control of women’s bodies, even if the true nature of these circumstances remain somewhat mysterious after all is said and done.
While some view calling one's behavior "Dionysian" as an insult, conflating sensuality with lecherousness or debauchery, this holiday season, I mean it to say, "Don't choose famine when you have the opportunity to feast."
It was his ability to capture the id of America — in all its decadence, hypocrisy and lecherousness — that established him as an artist; that ability is unmatched nearly six decades later.
Hannibal Buress’ stand-up arguably reignited investigations into Bill Cosby; Seth MacFarlane joked about Harvey Weinstein’s lecherousness at the 2013 Oscars, and just a few years later Weinstein was found to be using ex-Mossad agents to silence his alleged sexual-assault victims.
Magic, the first E Street Band album since The Rising, revisited the bar-band R&B stomp on tracks such as Livin’ in the Future, but there’s a bittersweet feeling to much of it: Girls in Their Summer Clothes isn’t just lecherousness, it’s also about ageing.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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