licentious
adjective
Origin of licentious
Synonyms for licentious
Antonyms for licentious
Related Words for licentious
abandoned, animal, carnal, corrupt, debauched, depraved, desirous, disorderly, dissolute, fast, fleshly, impure, incontinent, lascivious, lax, lecherous, lewd, libertine, libidinous, looseExamples from the Web for licentious
Contemporary Examples of licentious
For Shaftel this kind of licentious behavior amounts to “conspicuous consumption disguised as urbanity.”
“Licentious and immoral practices seem to get great head amongst young people,” he preached.
He also accuses Isabel of repeatedly trying to seduce him, although he supposedly refused to succumb to her licentious ways.
And shame on Tiger, for another kind of promiscuity—the licentious use of his father.
Historical Examples of licentious
Or would you ascertain whether he is licentious by putting your wife or daughter into his hands?
LawsPlato
Cicero was of low birth, and Metellus was the son of a licentious woman.
Query, Is this not encouraging the Inhabitants in their licentious and riotous disposition?
The Siege of BostonAllen French
I refrained from expressing my abhorrence of that licentious doctrine because of my curiosity.
A Set of SixJoseph Conrad
Heretical worship was of a most licentious as well as disgusting kind.
The Superstitions of WitchcraftHoward Williams