Lewdness — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

the trait of behaving in an obscene manner

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/lˈuːdnəs/

🇬🇧British English

/lˈuːdnəs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/lˈuːdnəs/

2 syllables Say it as /lˈuːdnəs/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

bawdiness salacity obscenity salaciousness

Word Forms

obscene	adjective	designed to incite to indecency or lust; -Margaret Mead
lewd	adjective	suggestive of or tending to moral looseness
bawdy	adjective	humorously vulgar
salacious	adjective	characterized by lust

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Lüsternheit

die Eigenschaft, sich obszön zu verhalten

🇫🇷French

obscénité

le trait de se comporter de manière obscène

🇪🇸Spanish

lascivia

el rasgo de comportarse de una manera obscena

🇮🇹Italian

oscenità

la caratteristica di comportarsi in modo osceno

🇳🇱Dutch

ontucht

de eigenschap van obsceen gedrag

🇵🇹Portuguese

lascívia

a característica de se comportar de maneira obscena

🇷🇺Russian

непристойность

черта вести себя непристойно

India

🇮🇳Hindi

अशिष्टता

अभद्र व्यवहार करने का गुण

🇧🇩Bengali

অশ্লীলতা

একটি অশ্লীল পদ্ধতিতে আচরণের বৈশিষ্ট্য

🇮🇳Tamil

ஒழுக்கக்கேடு

ஆபாசமான முறையில் நடந்து கொள்ளும் பண்பு

🇮🇳Telugu

అసభ్యత

అసభ్యకరమైన రీతిలో ప్రవర్తించే లక్షణం

🇮🇳Marathi

अश्लीलता

अश्लील रीतीने वागण्याचे वैशिष्ट्य

🇮🇳Gujarati

અશ્લીલતા

અશ્લીલ રીતે વર્તવાનું લક્ષણ

🇮🇳Kannada

ನೀಚತನ

ಅಶ್ಲೀಲ ರೀತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ವರ್ತಿಸುವ ಲಕ್ಷಣ

🇮🇳Malayalam

നീചത്വം

അശ്ലീലമായി പെരുമാറുന്ന സ്വഭാവം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਅਸ਼ਲੀਲਤਾ

ਅਸ਼ਲੀਲ ਤਰੀਕੇ ਨਾਲ ਵਿਵਹਾਰ ਕਰਨ ਦਾ ਗੁਣ

🇵🇰Urdu

بے حیائی

فحش انداز میں برتاؤ کرنے کی خصوصیت

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

淫荡

行为不雅的特征

🇯🇵Japanese

猥褻さ

わいせつな行為をするという特徴

🇰🇷Korean

음탕함

외설적인 태도로 행동하는 특성

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự dâm dục

đặc điểm của hành vi một cách tục tĩu

🇹🇭Thai

ความลามก

ลักษณะการประพฤติตนในทางลามกอนาจาร

🇮🇩Indonesian

kekotoran

sifat berperilaku cabul

🇵🇭Filipino

kahalayan

ang katangian ng pag-uugali sa isang malaswang paraan

🇲🇾Malay

kelucahan

sifat berkelakuan lucah

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

الفسق

صفة التصرف بطريقة فاحشة

🇮🇷Persian

وقاحت

خصلت رفتار ناپسند

🇹🇷Turkish

ahlaksızlık

müstehcen bir şekilde davranma özelliği

🇮🇱Hebrew

עֶרוָה

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