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- Dictionarylascivious/ləˈsɪvɪəs/
adjective
- 1. feeling or revealing an overt sexual interest or desire: "he gave her a lascivious wink"
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The meaning of LASCIVIOUS is filled with or showing sexual desire : lewd, lustful. How to use lascivious in a sentence.
expressing a strong desire for sexual activity: a lascivious smile. Synonyms. lewd disapproving. libidinous formal. (Definition of lascivious from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) lascivious | American Dictionary. adjective. esp. disapproving us / ləˈsɪv·i·əs / Add to word list.
Lascivious definition: inclined to lustfulness; wanton; lewd. See examples of LASCIVIOUS used in a sentence.
Use lascivious to describe a person's behavior that is driven by thoughts of sex. If someone gives you a lascivious smile, they've got only one thing in mind.
If you describe someone as lascivious, you disapprove of them because they show a very strong interest in sex. [ disapproval ] The man was lascivious, sexually perverted and insatiable.
lascivious. adjective. 1. Feeling or devoted to sexual love or desire: amative, amorous, concupiscent, erotic, lecherous, lewd, libidinous, lustful, lusty, passionate, prurient, sexy. 2. Of, concerning, or promoting sexual love or desire: amatory, amorous, aphrodisiac, erotic, salacious, sexual, sexy.
Jun 19, 2024 · lascivious (comparative more lascivious, superlative most lascivious) Wanton; lewd, driven by lust, lustful.
Characterized by or expressing lust or lewdness; wanton. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Tending to excite lustful desires. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Synonyms: lustful. libidinous. lewd. obscene. voluptuous. steamy. seductive. salacious. lustful. libertine. wanton. sensual. indecent. fleshy. licentious. Antonyms: chaste.
There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective lascivious. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
Synonyms for LASCIVIOUS: pornographic, obscene, vulgar, nasty, foul, filthy, dirty, suggestive; Antonyms of LASCIVIOUS: wholesome, puritanical, clean, prudish, decent, Victorian, priggish, proper.
