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Lecherous vs Lewd - What's the difference?

lecherous | lewd | Related terms |

Lecherous is a related term of lewd.


As adjectives the difference between lecherous and lewd

is that lecherous is given to excessive sexual activity and debauchery while lewd is lascivious, sexually promiscuous, rude.

lecherous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • given to excessive sexual activity and debauchery

    • Derived terms

    * lecherously * lecherousness

    lewd

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Lascivious, sexually promiscuous, rude.
  • * 2014 August 11, , " Robin Williams, Oscar-Winning Comedian, Dies at 63 in Suspected Suicide," New York Times
    • Onstage he was known for ricochet riffs on politics, social issues and cultural matters both high and low; tales of drug and alcohol abuse; lewd commentaries on relations between the sexes; and lightning-like improvisations on anything an audience member might toss at him.
  • (obsolete) Lay; not clerical.
  • * Sir J. Davies
    • So these great clerks their little wisdom show / To mock the lewd , as learn'd in this as they.
  • (obsolete) Uneducated.
  • (obsolete) Vulgar, common; typical of the lower orders.
  • * Bible, Acts xvii. 5.
    • But the Jews, which believed not, and assaulted the house of Jason.
  • * Southey
    • Too lewd to work, and ready for any kind of mischief.
  • (obsolete) Base, vile, reprehensible.

    • Anagrams

    * (l), (l)