lubricious

Slick and lascivious

Lubricious means slippery or smooth, but the word appears most often in its extended sense of lewdness or lustfulness: lubricious fantasies, a lubricious gaze.

The connection is the slipperiness associated with sexual arousal.

The word is literary and somewhat old-fashioned, carrying a tone of distaste or moral judgment about the desire it describes.

sexual

lascivious

Overtly sexual in manner

licentious · lecherous · lustful · carnal · erotic · suggestive · titillating · risqué · bawdy · libidinous

slippery

slick

Smooth or craftily adept

  • oilyCovered in grease
  • greasyCovered in slick fat
  • slimyWet, slippery, unpleasant

slithery · smooth · glossy · viscous · unctuous · sleek · waxy · buttery · silky · glistening

deceptive

shifty

Seeming dishonest or evasive

wily · cunning · sly · devious · crafty · duplicitous · tricky · scheming · elusive · unreliable

Opposites
sexual propriety

lubriciouschaste

Abstaining from sexual activity

pure · virtuous · modest · innocent · celibate

physical texture

lubriciousrough

Uneven in surface

coarse · abrasive · gritty · textured · dry

Family

lubricant, lubricate, lubrication, lubricants, lubricity, lubricator, unlubricated

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