lechers
Predatory womanizing types
Lechers is the plural of lecher, a man who shows excessive or offensive sexual interest in others.
The word carries strong disapproval, suggesting someone whose desires are uncontrolled or predatory: The bar was full of old lechers staring at young women.
Though technically gender-neutral, lecher almost always describes men.
One lacking moral restraint
- rakeTined yard implement
- rouéDebauched sensualist
- profligateRecklessly extravagant or dissolute
- debaucheeOne given to excess
lothario · philanderer · womanizer · seducer · playboy · satyr · pervert · dirty old man
Staring with desire
- leeringStaring with lustful intent
- gropingSearching by touch alone
- propositioningRequesting sexual relations
- catcallingHarassing strangers verbally
harassment · advances · flirtation · pursuit · lasciviousness · licentiousness · debauchery · lustfulness
Disturbingly strange
- smarmyInsincerely ingratiating
- skeevyDisgustingly disreputable
- sleazyDisreputably low-quality
- seedyRundown and disreputable
sordid · disreputable · unsavory · unwholesome · repulsive · disgusting · vile · loathsome
Moving stealthily while hunting
- stalkingStealthy, persistent pursuit
- preyingHunting to consume
- targetingSelecting as objective
- exploitingUsing selfishly for benefit
manipulating · coercing · grooming · cornering · harassing · intimidating · lurking · entrapping
libertine
One lacking moral restraint
- rakeTined yard implement
- rouéDebauched sensualist
- profligateRecklessly extravagant or dissolute
debauchee · lothario · philanderer · womanizer · seducer · playboy · satyr · pervert · dirty old man · cad
ogling
Staring with desire
- leeringStaring with lustful intent
- gropingSearching by touch alone
- propositioningRequesting sexual relations
catcalling · harassment · advances · flirtation · pursuit · lasciviousness · licentiousness · debauchery · lustfulness · carnality
creepy
Disturbingly strange
seedy · sordid · disreputable · unsavory · unwholesome · repulsive · disgusting · vile · loathsome · contemptible
prowling
Moving stealthily while hunting
exploiting · manipulating · coercing · grooming · cornering · harassing · intimidating · lurking · entrapping · victimizing