lascivious
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Synonyms & Antonyms for lascivious
Synonyms
bawdy, blue, coarse, crude, dirty, filthy, foul, gross, gutter, impure, indecent, lewd, locker-room, nasty, obscene, pornographic, porny, profane, raunchy, ribald, smutty, stag, trashy, unprintable, vulgar, wanton, X-rated
Antonyms
clean, decent, G-rated, nonobscene, wholesome
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Examples of lascivious in a Sentence
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The suspect, Herby Charmant, 25, of Lynn, was taken into custody and charged with indecent assault and battery, assault and battery, lewd and lascivious behavior, and disorderly conduct. — Travis Andersen, BostonGlobe.com, "A rough morning at Encore: Casino sees multiple disturbances, arrests," 12 Aug. 2019 John Benny Gomez, 50, was convicted last year of nine felonies, including lewd and lascivious acts with a girl less than 10 years old at the time. — Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, "Concord: Man who molested girl during sleepover gets life sentence," 20 Aug. 2019 Lyn was arrested Tuesday on three lewd and lascivious charges. — Wayne K. Roustan, sun-sentinel.com, "Pastor accused of molesting teenage boy," 14 Aug. 2019 That office confirmed that a jury found Chapman not guilty of open and gross lewdness and lewd, wanton, and lascivious acts. — Danny Mcdonald, BostonGlobe.com, "Convicted child rapist Wayne Chapman found not guilty of exposing himself to prison staff," 9 Aug. 2019 Ramirez was serving a life sentence after being sentenced in 2013, when he was convicted of lewd or lascivious molestation of an 11-year-old girl. — Vandana Ravikumar, USA TODAY, "Convicted Florida child molester beaten by another inmate and drowned in jail toilet, reports say," 1 Aug. 2019 Crocker appeared in El Cajon Superior Court on Thursday and, through a deputy public defender, pleaded not guilty to six felony counts of lewd and lascivious acts on a child under 14 years old. — Pauline Repard, San Diego Union-Tribune, "Man charged with child molesting pleads not guilty," 8 Aug. 2019 Michael David Howell, 26, and Brian Butch Maynard, 44, faces charges of lewd and lascivious battery on a child between the ages of 12 and 16. — Jeff Weiner, orlandosentinel.com, "Poinciana man who told coworker about ‘open relationship’ with teen boys arrested, deputies say," 7 Aug. 2019 Dwight Castaldi, 43, of Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., pleaded guilty in Orange County Superior Court to two counts of lewd and lascivious acts with a minor under age 14. — Daily Pilot, "Florida man pleads guilty to sex crimes involving Huntington Beach girl he met on social media," 2 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'lascivious.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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