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b
: sexually unchaste or licentious (see licentious sense 1)
lewd behavior
lewdly
adverb
lewdness
noun
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Examples of lewd in a Sentence
He made lewd remarks to the woman at the bar.
bystanders were shocked by the lewd behavior of the couple in the park
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Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2025
The lucky buyers were the Bloomingdale Brothers who resold one dress in their department store, and Koster and Bial’s Music Hall, a notorious nightclub known for its lewd entertainment and cancan dancers, who gave the other dress to one of their performers—the actress Jennie Joyce.
—Einav Rabinovitch-Fox / Made By History, TIME, 7 Jan. 2025
Fifty years later, the lewd production has almost entirely been written out of his career.
—hazlitt.net, 4 Jan. 2025
Catherine may be an adulterer and a liar, but this dude dead-dropped you lewd photos of your own wife!
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
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Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2025
The lucky buyers were the Bloomingdale Brothers who resold one dress in their department store, and Koster and Bial’s Music Hall, a notorious nightclub known for its lewd entertainment and cancan dancers, who gave the other dress to one of their performers—the actress Jennie Joyce.
—Einav Rabinovitch-Fox / Made By History, TIME, 7 Jan. 2025
Fifty years later, the lewd production has almost entirely been written out of his career.
—hazlitt.net, 4 Jan. 2025
Catherine may be an adulterer and a liar, but this dude dead-dropped you lewd photos of your own wife!
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Lewd.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lewd. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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lewd
adjective
: involving or being sexual conduct that is considered indecent or offensive : licentious
convicted of lewd and lascivious assault upon a child—National Law Journal
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lewdly
adverb
lewdness
noun
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