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- Dictionarylewd/ljuːd/
adjective
- 1. crude and offensive in a sexual way: "she began to gyrate to the music and sing a lewd song" Similar Opposite
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The meaning of LEWD is obscene, vulgar. How to use lewd in a sentence.
LEWD definition: 1. (of behaviour, speech, dress, etc.) sexual in an obvious and rude way: 2. (of behavior, speech…. Learn more.
If you describe someone's behaviour as lewd, you are critical of it because it is sexual in a rude and unpleasant way.
Lewd has to do with sexual behavior or remarks that are highly inappropriate or obscene, often because of what's done or said is in public or to someone who does not want that kind of attention. The couple who might make sexually suggestive jokes in private with each other would be completely out of place doing the same thing in the supermarket.
Definition of lewd adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. referring to or involving sex in a rude and offensive way synonym obscene. Questions about grammar and vocabulary? Find the answers with Practical English Usage online, your indispensable guide to problems in English.
What does the word lewd mean? There are 15 meanings listed in OED's entry for the word lewd, 12 of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. How common is the word lewd? How is the word lewd pronounced? Where does the word lewd come from?
If you describe someone's behavior as lewd, you are critical of it because it is sexual in a rude and unpleasant way.
He made lewd remarks/comments to the woman at the bar. He was arrested for public lewdness.
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lewd - driven by lust; preoccupied with or exhibiting lustful desires; "libidinous orgies"
