lewdness

[lood-nis] / ˈlud nɪs /

NOUN

indecency

Synonyms

STRONG

boorishness carnality coarseness concupiscence corruptness debauchery depravity dirtiness dissoluteness eroticism erotism evil evilness grossness impurity incontinence incontinency lasciviousness lecherousness lechery licentiousness lubricity lustfulness obscenity pederasty pornography prurience pruriency ribaldry salaciousness salacity satyriasis scurrility smut smuttiness vileness villainy voluptuousness vulgarity wantonness wickedness

WEAK

brutishness fleshliness libidinousness raunchiness ruttishness unchastity

Antonyms

STRONG

decency good goodness morality purity uprightness virtue

WEAK

continency modesty

Example Sentences

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There is also a growing inclination among upcoming musicians for lewdness, fabricated stories of gang violence and controversy that thrusts them suddenly into the spotlight before they soon fizzle and disappear.

From BBC

The Nevada woman faces numerous felony counts including child abuse, sex assault and lewdness with a minor.

From Fox News

Little will face five charges of lewdness and three charges of lewdness involving a child.

From Fox News

“I expected the tasteless jokes and lewdness and so on,” Bailey says of his time around Roth.

From Seattle Times

The South Carolina couple busted earlier this month for allegedly having sex on Myrtle Beach’s landmark Ferris wheel has been arrested once again on similar public lewdness charges, according to local reports.

From Fox News

lewdness

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