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lasciviousness

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Synonyms & Antonyms of lasciviousness

the quality or state of being obscene

the minister preached a sermon against the lasciviousness that pervades so much of popular culture

Synonyms for lasciviousness

bawdiness,
blueness,
coarseness,
crudeness,
crudity,
dirt,
dirtiness,
filth,
filthiness,
foulness,
grossness,
impureness,
impurity,
indecency,
lewdness,
nastiness,
obscenity,
profanity,
raunch,
raunchiness,
ribaldry,
smut,
smuttiness,
vulgarity,
wantonness

Words Related to lasciviousness

broadness,
earthiness,
gaminess,
raciness,
saltiness,
suggestiveness

immodesty,
indecorousness,
indelicacy,
indelicateness,
lowness,
unbecomingness

lechery

depravedness,
depravity,
kinkiness,
naughtiness,
perverseness,
perversion,
perversity,
pervertedness,
wickedness

exceptionability,
objectionableness,
unacceptability,
undesirability

reprehensibility,
reprehensibleness

abusiveness,
scurrilousness

atrociousness,
atrocity,
infamy,
loathsomeness,
offensiveness,
repellency,
repugnance,
repulsiveness

distastefulness,
obnoxiousness,
unpleasantness

Near Antonyms for lasciviousness

priggery,
priggishness,
primness,
prudery,
prudishness,
puritanism

correctness,
decency,
decorousness,
decorum,
seemliness

appropriateness,
fitness,
suitability,
suitableness

perfection,
purity,
spotlessness

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