lech

Dirty old man

Lech is a noun and verb for lustful behavior or a person who engages in it.

As a noun, a lech is someone, typically a man, who makes unwanted sexual advances or stares inappropriately at others.

The verb means to behave lecherously: He was leching after the new receptionist.

The word is a back-formation from lecherous and carries strong connotations of creepiness and impropriety.

archaic-rogue

libertine

One lacking moral restraint

  • rakeTined yard implement
  • roueDebauched person
  • cadDishonorable man

philanderer · lothario · Don Juan · Casanova · womanizer · seducer · debaucher · profligate · dissolute · rakish

action

leer

Suggestive sidelong look

  • ogleStare lustfully at
  • pervSlang for deviant
  • droolSaliva spilling out

gawk · stare · eyeball · hit on · come on to · proposition · grope · paw · fondle

predator

creep

Stealthy, slow movement

wolf · masher · groper · sleaze · ogler · drooler · prowler · stalker · harasser · molester

lustful

leering

Staring with lustful intent

prurient · randy · horny · lustful · carnal · ogling · drooling · panting · slavering · lusting

Categories
Opposites
sexual propriety/behavior

lechcelibate

Abstaining from sex

chaste · prude · abstinent · puritan · ascetic

interpersonal conduct/character

lechgentleman

Courteous, honorable man

saint · good guy · man of honor · feminist · protector

Family

lecherous, lechery, lecher, lechers, lecherously, lecherousness, leching

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Top 500,000
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG-13