lascivious
Full of lust
Lascivious describes sexual desire or behavior that's excessive, crude, or inappropriate.
The word carries judgment—a lascivious gaze isn't merely interested but leering, unwelcome: He gave her a lascivious look that made her skin crawl.
Legal contexts use it for sexual conduct deemed indecent: lewd and lascivious acts.
More formal and condemnatory than lustful.
Feeling strong sexual desire
- concupiscentStrongly desiring, especially carnally
- prurientObsessed with sexual matters
- licentiousSexually unrestrained behavior
- wantonDeliberately cruel without reason
lewd · debauched · dissolute · rakish · libertine · profligate · intemperate · goatish
Grossly offensive to decency
- smuttyObscene or indecent
- vulgarCrude or indecent
- raunchyCrudely sexual in nature
- filthyThoroughly unclean
pornographic · bawdy · ribald · crude · lewd · dirty · improper · indecorous
Hinting at impropriety
- titillatingPleasurably stimulating, often sensually
- seductivePowerfully attractive, tempting
- flirtatiousPlayfully romantic in manner
- coquettishPlayfully alluring in manner
teasing · alluring · enticing · tantalizing · vampish · come-hither · inviting · arousing
Lustful, predatory person
- libertineOne lacking moral restraint
- satyrGoat-legged forest deity
- rakeTined yard implement
- rouéDebauched sensualist
lothario · Don Juan · Casanova · debauchee · seducer · womanizer · voluptuary · sensualist
lustful
Feeling strong sexual desire
- concupiscentStrongly desiring, especially carnally
- prurientObsessed with sexual matters
- licentiousSexually unrestrained behavior
wanton · lewd · debauched · dissolute · rakish · libertine · profligate · intemperate · goatish · nymphomaniac
obscene
Grossly offensive to decency
filthy · pornographic · bawdy · ribald · crude · lewd · dirty · improper · indecorous · unseemly
suggestive
Hinting at impropriety
- titillatingPleasurably stimulating, often sensually
- seductivePowerfully attractive, tempting
- flirtatiousPlayfully romantic in manner
coquettish · teasing · alluring · enticing · tantalizing · vampish · come-hither · inviting · arousing · stimulating
lecher
Lustful, predatory person
roué · lothario · Don Juan · Casanova · debauchee · seducer · womanizer · voluptuary · sensualist · sybarite
voluptuous
Sensually full-bodied
sybaritic · hedonistic · pleasurable · decadent · indulgent · luxuriant · sumptuous · epicurean · physical · bodily
- risquerisque, racy, bawdy, ribald, suggestive
lasciviousclean
Free of soil
G-rated · family-friendly · wholesome · suitable · appropriate