Lewd vs Pervert - What's the difference?
lewd | pervert |
Lascivious, sexually promiscuous, rude.
* 2014 August 11, , "
(obsolete) Lay; not clerical.
* Sir J. Davies
(obsolete) Uneducated.
(obsolete) Vulgar, common; typical of the lower orders.
* Bible, Acts xvii. 5.
* Southey
(obsolete) Base, vile, reprehensible.
(dated) One who has been perverted; one who has turned to error; one who has turned to a twisted sense of values or morals.
A person whose sexual habits are not considered acceptable.
To turn another way; to divert.
* Shakespeare
To turn from truth, rectitude, or propriety; to divert from a right use, end, or way; to lead astray; to corrupt.
* Milton
* {{quote-news
, year=2004
, date=April 15
, author=
, title=Morning swoop in hunt for Jodi's killer
, work=The Scotsman
To misapply; to misinterpret designedly.
To become perverted; to take the wrong course.
As an adjective lewd
is lascivious, sexually promiscuous, rude.As a noun pervert is
one who has been perverted; one who has turned to error; one who has turned to a twisted sense of values or morals.As a verb pervert is
to turn another way; to divert.lewd
English
Adjective
(er)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.
- So these great clerks their little wisdom show / To mock the lewd , as learn'd in this as they.
- But the Jews, which believed not, and assaulted the house of Jason.
- Too lewd to work, and ready for any kind of mischief.
Anagrams
* (l), (l)pervert
English
(wikipedia pervert)Noun
(en noun)- Those perverts were trying to spy on us while we changed clothes!
Usage notes
* In contemporary usage, pervert is usually understood to refer to a sexually perverted person. Traditionally the word was mainly associated with persons of false religious beliefs.Synonyms
* (sexually perverted person) deviant, perv (slang)Antonyms
* convert (religious)Verb
(en verb)- Let's follow him, and pervert the present wrath.
- He, in the serpent, had perverted Eve.
citation, page= , passage=A spokesman for Lothian and Borders Police said: "We can confirm that a 15-year-old boy has been arrested and charged in connection with the murder of Jodi Jones. A 45-year-old has also been arrested in connection with allegations of attempting to pervert the course of justice. A report on this has been sent to the procurator fiscal." }}
- pervert one's words
- (Testament of Love)