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Lewd vs Amorous - What's the difference?

lewd | amorous |

As adjectives the difference between lewd and amorous

is that lewd is lascivious, sexually promiscuous, rude while amorous is inclined or having a propensity to love, or to sexual enjoyment.

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)

    amorous

    English

    Alternative forms

    * amourous

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Inclined or having a propensity to love, or to sexual enjoyment.
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  • *:Breezes blowing from beds of iris quickened her breath with their perfume; she saw the tufted lilacs sway in the wind, and the streamers of mauve-tinted wistaria swinging, all a-glisten with golden bees; she saw a crimson cardinal winging through the foliage, and amorous tanagers flashing like scarlet flames athwart the pines.
  • Indicating love or sexual desire.
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  • Of or relating to, or produced by, love.
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  • (lb) Affected with love; in love; enamored.
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  • Synonyms

    (inclined or having a propensity to love) loving; fond; affectionate

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