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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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LEWD definition: 1. (of behaviour, speech, dress, etc.) sexual in an obvious and rude way: 2. (of behavior, speech…. Learn more.
1. a. : obscene, vulgar. lewd remarks. b. : sexually unchaste or licentious (see licentious sense 1) lewd behavior. 2. obsolete : evil, wicked. lewdly adverb. lewdness noun. Synonyms. bawdy. blue. coarse. crude. dirty. filthy. foul. gross. gutter.
Lewd definition: inclined to, characterized by, or inciting to lust or lechery; lascivious. . See examples of LEWD used in a sentence.
adjective. If you describe someone's behaviour as lewd, you are critical of it because it is sexual in a rude and unpleasant way. [disapproval] Drew spends all day eyeing up the women and making lewd comments. Synonyms: indecent, obscene, vulgar, dirty More Synonyms of lewd. lewdness uncountable noun. The critics condemned the play for lewdness.
Definition of lewd adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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.
1. inclined to, characterized by, or inciting to lust or lechery; lascivious. 2. obscene or indecent, as language; salacious. 3. Obs. [before 900; Middle English leud, lewed, Old English lǣwede lay, unlearned]
