lecherous
adjective
lech·er·ous
ˈle-chə-rəs 
ˈlech-rəs
: given to or suggestive of lechery
a lecherous creep
lecherous behavior
lecherously
adverb
lecherousness
noun
Examples of lecherous in a Sentence
most of the male patrons at the bar appeared to be lecherous conventioneers looking for some action
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In it, novice nun Viridiana (Silvia Pinal) does her utmost to maintain her Catholic principles, but her lecherous uncle (Fernando Rey) and a motley assemblage of paupers force her to confront the limits of her idealism.
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Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 5 Nov. 2025
As a sleazy, lecherous publicist pinned in a Manhattan phone booth by a faceless sniper on the other end of the line, Farrell goes from smug condescension to breathless victimhood pretty effortlessly.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025
The beautiful peasant Zerlina (Jamila Drecker-Waxman) wants to wriggle away from this lecherous nobleman.
—Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 23 Oct. 2025
The father, Fyodor Karamazov, is a grasping, lecherous, deceitful, and shameless widower.
—Karl Ove Knausgaard, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2025
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Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 5 Nov. 2025
As a sleazy, lecherous publicist pinned in a Manhattan phone booth by a faceless sniper on the other end of the line, Farrell goes from smug condescension to breathless victimhood pretty effortlessly.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025
The beautiful peasant Zerlina (Jamila Drecker-Waxman) wants to wriggle away from this lecherous nobleman.
—Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 23 Oct. 2025
The father, Fyodor Karamazov, is a grasping, lecherous, deceitful, and shameless widower.
—Karl Ove Knausgaard, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for lecherous
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“Lecherous.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lecherous. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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