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lecherous

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of lecherous

having a strong sexual desire

most of the male patrons at the bar appeared to be lecherous conventioneers looking for some action

Synonyms of lecherous

concupiscent, goatish, horny, hot, hypersexual, itchy, lascivious, lewd, libidinous, licentious, lubricious (or lubricous), lustful, oversexed, passionate, randy, salacious, satyric, wanton

Words Related to lecherous

aroused, excited

easy, fast, loose, promiscuous

dissipated, dissolute, libertine

corrupt, debased, debauched, decadent, degenerate, degraded, demoralized, depraved, dissipated, dissolute, immoral, indecent

Near Antonyms of lecherous

celibate, chaste, decent, immaculate, modest, moral, pure, virtuous

monastic, monkish

maidenly, virginal

innocent, lily-white

priggish, prim, prudish, puritanical, straitlaced (or straightlaced), Victorian

Antonyms of lecherous

frigid, undersexed

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