Lewd vs Sleazy - What's the difference?
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Lascivious, sexually promiscuous, rude.
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(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.
Marked by low quality; inferior; inadequate.
Dishonorable; base; vulgar; raunchy; sordid.
Lewd is a related term of sleazy.
As adjectives the difference between lewd and sleazy
is that lewd is lascivious, sexually promiscuous, rude while sleazy is marked by low quality; inferior; inadequate.lewd
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(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.