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Adjective
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Obscene, offensive, indecent or inappropriate attire.—
Ed Masley,
AZCentral.com,
4 Nov. 2025 -
Anyone else in the room would expect to be arrested for behaving in such an indecent way in public, the man said.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
26 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The couple slept on a filthy mattress on the floor with their 4-year-old son, Stephano.—
Daniel Gonzalez,
AZCentral.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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The big comedy set pieces overwhelm Miller’s attempts at satire, but any movie that has Nicholson casually dropping filthy double (and single) entendres beneath arched eyebrows is worth a look.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
31 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The waste feels more flagrant with every pornographic shot of a Chanel bag, vintage car or over-the-top ensemble.—
Alejandra Gularte,
Vulture,
5 Nov. 2025
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Opponents of the books describe them as pornographic.—
Adrienne Davis,
jsonline.com,
5 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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The families of seven campers and two counselors who died in the catastrophic flooding that swept through Camp Mystic this summer are suing the Texas camp and its owners, accusing them of gross negligence, according to three lawsuits filed Monday.—
Pamela Brown,
CNN Money,
10 Nov. 2025
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The film received positive reviews from critics upon its release and went on to gross over $130 million worldwide.—
Joe Otterson,
Variety,
10 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Who decides what’s decorous and what’s vulgar?—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
25 Oct. 2025
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The president has been targeting Jeffries online with offensive and vulgar memes since the pair first had an unsuccessful sit-down meeting in the Oval Office just before the shutdown.—
Zachary Schermele,
USA Today,
9 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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King Princess talks the lustful, haunted anthems of 'Girl Violence' King Princess has had a remarkable 2025 thus far.—
Audrey Gibbs,
Nashville Tennessean,
30 Sep. 2025
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There is nothing quite so sluttish, apparently, as a lustful pistil.—
Stephanie Bunbury,
Deadline,
5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Timothy Scott Jaekel, 52, was arrested on seven counts of committing lewd or lascivious acts with a child younger than 14 years old.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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Jordan Peter Mendez was convicted of involuntary manslaughter and a count of lewd or lascivious acts with a minor younger than 14, both felonies.—
City News Service,
Oc Register,
8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Piker went on to make a series of lewd remarks, using expletives to refer to and address former Governor Cuomo.—
Sirena Bergman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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Brian Peck pleaded no contest to a charge of oral copulation with a minor under 16 as well as a charge of performing a lewd act with a 14- or 15-year-old.—
Victoria Edel,
PEOPLE,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Perversive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perversive. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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