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as in obscene
depicting or referring to sexual matters in a way that is unacceptable in polite society
bystanders were shocked by the lewd behavior of the couple in the park
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as in passionate
having a strong sexual desire
a lewd 18th-century nobleman who left behind hundreds of erotic love letters
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as in suggestive
hinting at or intended to call to mind matters regarded as indecent
a nearby diner kept telling lewd jokes until we told him to shut up
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lewd conduct
a lewd grin
lewd material
lewd suggestions
scandalous suggestions
smutty suggestions
perverse suggestions
racy suggestions
depraved suggestions
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Recent Examples of lewd
In 2004, Peck pleaded no contest to charges against him for oral copulation with a minor under 16 and performing a lewd act with a 14- or 15-year-old in connection with Bell's case.
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Liza Esquibias, People.com, 19 Dec. 2024
Rosenthal also engaged in lewd chats with a Vacaville teen, and expressed an interest in young girls throughout his texts.
—Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
The comedian compared Trump’s recent false claims about Haitian immigrants eating pets in Ohio to his lewd comments in the tape.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 30 Oct. 2024
On Thursday, Mester was arrested again and booked on suspicion of two counts of lewd acts with a minor between 14 and 15 as well as two counts of attempting to meet a minor for lewd purposes.
—Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024
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Liza Esquibias, People.com, 19 Dec. 2024
Rosenthal also engaged in lewd chats with a Vacaville teen, and expressed an interest in young girls throughout his texts.
—Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
The comedian compared Trump’s recent false claims about Haitian immigrants eating pets in Ohio to his lewd comments in the tape.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 30 Oct. 2024
On Thursday, Mester was arrested again and booked on suspicion of two counts of lewd acts with a minor between 14 and 15 as well as two counts of attempting to meet a minor for lewd purposes.
—Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024
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He was booked on charges of enticing a child under 16, distribution of obscene matter, and lascivious posing and exhibiting a child in the nude.—
Andrea Margolis,
Fox News,
3 Dec. 2024
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Of course, obscene content has been censored, and services that clearly broke intellectual property laws, like Napster, WikiLeaks, and The Pirate Bay were shuttered, but, for the average person, the internet remained broadly open in the United States.—
Callum Booth,
Forbes,
16 Dec. 2024
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Start taking a closer look at sports that might be considered new but have passionate competitors and advocates.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Jan. 2025
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Leave it to my grandfather—and Southern Living editors—to have passionate opinions about this classic sweet.—
Betsy Cribb Watson,
Southern Living,
19 Jan. 2025
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The appearance of weather conditions suggestive of La Niña, a climate phenomenon linked to drier conditions and drought in southern parts of the U.S., likely played a large part in priming southern California for extreme fire conditions this week.—
Antonio Pequeño IV,
Forbes,
9 Jan. 2025
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The stories were often suggestive, leaving plenty of room for the imagination to fill in the gaps.—
Rachel Monroe,
The New Yorker,
20 Dec. 2024
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Offering hot drinks and a lounge with sofas, as well as booths for injections, the Safer Drug Consumption Facility is the first of its kind in Britain and follows similar initiatives in other cities around the world, including New York.—
Stephen Castle,
New York Times,
10 Jan. 2025
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But even after El Niño ended and a more moderate La Niña cycle took over, the oceans stayed hot, with sea surface temperatures from July to December 2024 entering the record books second only to the same period in 2023.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
TIME,
10 Jan. 2025
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The finish is long and sweet, with lingering fruity and spicy notes.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes,
17 Jan. 2025
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They are known for serving Sichuan, a specific type of Chinese cuisine that is hot and spicy.—
Ella Gonzales,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 Jan. 2025
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The vast majority of females in the book are described with vulgar disrespect by the various characters and the narrator.—
Brittany Wallman,
Miami Herald,
2 Jan. 2025
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There is no excuse and no rationalization for a vulgar, inhumane act that senselessly took a life.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
27 Dec. 2024
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He was charged with seven counts of lewd and lascivious molestation against a child between 12 and 16 years old, three counts of offenses against students by authority figures, and three counts of lewd and lascivious behavior.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
6 Jan. 2025
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The goal of Troye and Charli’s austere, loud, lascivious evening is to take the sweet abandon of the club and scale it up to the arena.—
Jeremy D. Larson,
Pitchfork,
24 Sep. 2024
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Which brings us back to the Knicks’ glaring issues: minutes, foul calls, and rotations.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
11 Jan. 2025
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The captaincy tag had appeared to shake him from a foul mood that has festered as the series has worn on exacerbated by the youthful exuberance of brash upstart Sam Konstas, who has really gotten under his skin.—
Tristan Lavalette,
Forbes,
4 Jan. 2025
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“Lewd.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lewd. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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