lascivious
inclined to lustfulness; wanton; lewd: a lascivious, girl-chasing old man.
arousing sexual desire: lascivious photographs.
indicating sexual interest or expressive of lust or lewdness: a lascivious gesture.
Origin of lascivious
1Other words from lascivious
- las·civ·i·ous·ly, adverb
- las·civ·i·ous·ness, noun
- o·ver·las·civ·i·ous, adjective
- o·ver·las·civ·i·ous·ly, adverb
Words that may be confused with lascivious
- lascivious , licentious
Words Nearby lascivious
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How to use lascivious in a sentence
Hindu women are depicted as being coveted by lascivious Muslim men.
The Kashmir Files: How a New Bollywood Film Marks India’s Further Descent Into Bigotry | Debasish Roy Chowdhury | March 30, 2022 | TimeVinson was cast as a woman who deserved her abuse “because she asked for it, we know she asked for it, because she is a temptress, a seductress, a lascivious woman,” her trial attorney had objected.
How U.S. Sexual-Harassment Law Encourages a Culture of Victim Blaming | Deborah Tuerkheimer | October 5, 2021 | TimeBald, pale and fit, he often wears a cross on a thick gold chain and still drives a truck slathered in lascivious logos of his former company, Double D Bail Bonds.
Ex-bail bondsman who helped Gun Trace Task Force leader sell drugs is home from prison | Justin Fenton | June 30, 2021 | Washington PostAs a result, Palmer was put on probation for committing a 288 felony violation, “lewd or lascivious acts” with a minor.
The American parole system is an endless trap — and a moral outrage | Jennifer Miller | May 24, 2021 | Washington PostThe lascivious sex predator is out; the deep-pocketed caped crusader is most definitely in.
Sleazy Billionaire’s Double Life Featured Beach Parties With Stephen Hawking | M.L. Nestel | January 8, 2015 | THE DAILY BEAST
Hitchcock leans toward me in a conspiratorial, almost lascivious, way and says, “Let's pile on the menace.”
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days | David Freeman | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA married politician is sent a series of lascivious photographs by an attractive female admirer.
U.K. Tabloid Absurdly Claims ‘Public Interest’ Served in Politician’s Sex Sting | Lizzie Crocker | September 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBy 6, the inherently sex-addicted British child is playing a game called “frogs” with her equally lascivious best friend, B.
‘Nymphomaniac,’ Lars von Trier’s Icy Orgy of Sex and Self-Loathing, Bows At Sundance | Marlow Stern | January 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHard to stomach, but their lascivious glances told that tale.
A Nation of Onlookers: India’s Violence Against Women and America’s Guns | Dilip D’Souza | December 22, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTCalendau, after witnessing the lascivious dances, challenges the Count to mortal combat.
Frdric Mistral | Charles Alfred DownerThus, Aphrodite was celebrated with lascivious dances, and Dionysus with drunken revels.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume I | John LordIt was insolently lascivious, and seemed fond of affecting to gratify its strong desires in public.
Buffon's Natural History. Volume IX (of 10) | Georges Louis Leclerc de BuffonA small room adjoining the hall was the place where women were subjected to the lascivious gaze of brutal men.
The Boys of '61 | Charles Carleton Coffin.Festooned flowers, deferential service, barbaric, subtly lascivious music—this waste would have fed those workers for years!
Mountain | Clement Wood
British Dictionary definitions for lascivious
/ (ləˈsɪvɪəs) /
lustful; lecherous
exciting sexual desire
Origin of lascivious
1Derived forms of lascivious
- lasciviously, adverb
- lasciviousness, noun
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