Lecherous

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: lech=er=ous

CIDE DICTIONARY

Lecherous, a. 

 Like a lecher; addicted to lewdness; excessively lustful; -- used mostly of men;  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Lecherous, adj. lustful, having strong or excessive sexual desire.

Derivative

lecherously adv. lecherousness n.

Etymology

ME f. OF lecheros etc. f. lecheur LECHER

THESAURUS

Lecherous

animal, aphrodisiomaniacal, bawdy, carnal, clitoromaniacal, concupiscent, decadent, degenerate, depraved, dirty, dirty-minded, dissolute, erotic, eroticomaniacal, erotomaniacal, fleshly, goatish, gynecomaniacal, hircine, horny, hot, hysteromaniacal, ithyphallic, lascivious, lewd, libertine, libidinous, licentious, lickerish, lubricious, lubricous, lustful, nymphomaniacal, obscene, priapic, profligate, prurient, randy, salacious, satyric, sensual, sexual, sexy, wanton

ROGET THESAURUS

Lecherous

Impurity

N impurity, uncleanness, immodesty, grossness, indelicacy, indecency, impudicity, obscenity, ribaldry, Fescennine, smut, bawdry, double entente, equivoque, concupiscence, lust, carnality, flesh, salacity, pruriency, lechery, lasciviency, lubricity, Sadism, sapphism, incontinence, intrigue, faux pas, amour, amourette, gallantry, debauchery, libertinish, libertinage, fornication, liaison, wenching, venery, dissipation, seduction, defloration, defilement, abuse, violation, rape, incest, prostitution, social evil, harlotry, stupration, whoredom, concubinage, cuckoldom, adultery, advoutry, crim, con, free love, seraglio, harem, brothel, bagnio, stew, bawdyhouse, cat house, lupanar, house of ill fame, bordel, bordello, impure, unclean, not to be mentioned to ears polite, immodest, shameless, indecorous, indelicate, indecent, Fescennine, loose, risque, coarse, gross, broad, free, equivocal, smutty, fulsome, ribald, obscene, bawdy, pornographic, concupiscent, prurient, lickerish, rampant, lustful, carnal, carnal-minded, lewd, lascivious, lecherous, libidinous, erotic, ruttish, salacious, Paphian, voluptuous, goatish, must, musty, unchaste, light, wanton, licentious, debauched, dissolute, of loose character, of easy virtue, frail, gay, riggish, incontinent, meretricious, rakish, gallant, dissipated, no better than she should be, on the town, on the streets, on the pave, on the loose, adulterous, incestuous, bestial.