lewd
adjective
[ l(j)uːd ]
• crude and offensive in a sexual way.
• "she began to gyrate to the music and sing a lewd song"
Similar:
vulgar,
crude,
smutty,
dirty,
filthy,
obscene,
pornographic,
coarse,
tasteless,
indecorous,
indelicate,
off colour,
unseemly,
indecent,
salacious,
gross,
disgusting,
sordid,
low,
foul,
vile,
rude,
racy,
risqué,
naughty,
wicked,
arousing,
earthy,
erotic,
sexy,
suggestive,
titillating,
spicy,
bawdy,
ribald,
raw,
taboo,
explicit,
near the bone,
near the knuckle,
blue,
raunchy,
X-rated,
nudge-nudge,
porno,
adult,
Origin:
Old English lǣwede, of unknown origin. The original sense was ‘belonging to the laity’; in Middle English, ‘belonging to the common people, vulgar’, and later ‘worthless, vile, evil’, leading to the current sense.
