lascivious

adjective

lə-ˈsi-vē-əs How to pronounce lascivious (audio)
Definition of lasciviousnext
1
as in pornographic
depicting or referring to sexual matters in a way that is unacceptable in polite society was criticized for making lascivious remarks that offended many in the group

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2
as in passionate
having a strong sexual desire an exposé about the lascivious playboy

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Recent Examples of lascivious Count 6, lewd and lascivious conduct against a child under 16. — Nikiya Carrero, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026 Ramon has been charged three counts of lewd and lascivious acts against a minor under the age of 14, according to court records. — Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 4 Sep. 2026 When Demetrius Carl Davis was arrested in April 2022, he was charged with 32 felony counts of committing a lewd or lascivious act with a child younger than 14 years old. — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 2026 He was charged with lewd and lascivious battery on a victim 12 to 16 years old. — Natasha Holt, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for lascivious
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lascivious
  1. pornographic
  2. passionate
  3. obscene
  4. hot
  5. vulgar
  6. lustful
  7. nasty
  8. libidinous
Adjective
  • Egyptian courts have tried blocking pornographic websites, but private online access remains widespread.
    — Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2026
  • On the day of the $50 million demand, a WeChat chat on one of her phones shows pornographic images arriving and being sent back with Victim-1’s face grafted on, the complaint says.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of pornographic
Adjective
  • Their love story is passionate, funny, intellectual, and deeply alive, until a single, tragic wave on a beach in Oaxaca changes everything.
    — Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 6 Nov. 2026
  • As the National Transportation Safety Board investigates what weather, mechanical or tactical factors caused the crash, family members and former mentors are remembering the young pilot as passionate and talented beyond her 20 years.
    — Zoey Thomas, Sun Sentinel, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of passionate
Adjective
  • Those images are said to include an adult man identified by witnesses as Markle with a nude prepubescent girl among other obscene materials.
    — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Facing a Carolina defense that fired its coordinator, the Broncos need to secure an early lead — not a crazy idea given that Sean Payton dispatches NFC South opponents with an impersonal contempt that’s almost obscene — and let the defense eat.
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of obscene
Adjective
  • Misty mornings walking the ancient tracks and climbing tors, afternoons yomping across moorland in conditions that demand retreating somewhere cozy for a hot bath and a roaring fire.
    — Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Nov. 2026
  • Producer-engineer Tom Dowd, who was hot from producing Rod Stewart, Clapton and the Allman Brothers at Criteria, ran the soundboard.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 13 Nov. 2026
Definition of hot
Adjective
  • The Johnson County building was once home to Hereford House, which famously closed after a vulgar criminal case in August 2024, in which former employee Jace Hanson was arrested for contaminating the food.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 11 Nov. 2026
  • The character is not above asking inappropriate questions like how much an expensive shirt costs, signaling a sort of vulgar fixation on money.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of vulgar
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  • Robert also identifies the lustful subtext of Bret’s fixation on Robert and Susan together.
    — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2026
  • In March, the Miami Herald also joined Welty and the Croc Docs on a trip deep in the interior of the northern Everglades to track down lustful male pythons.
    — Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 2 July 2026
Definition of lustful
Adjective
  • Surely, though, it is not lost on the audience that this play opens in the middle of a strikingly nasty political campaign to elect members of the Chicago school board, warring Democrats all.
    — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Someone who hung up on your problem is unlikely to listen to a nasty critique and vow to reform.
    — Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of nasty
Adjective
  • La Nueva Violencia is a smirking, libidinous play for the dance floor, picking up where the distorted guitars of the last record left off and channeling each new riff into sleazy post-punk and electroclash that stick to the body like sweaty velvet.
    — Richard Villegas, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The 10-minute score, with begins with a virtuosic timpani solo, is meant to evoke the libidinous atmosphere in Mexico City dance clubs in the 1980s.
    — Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2026
Definition of libidinous

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