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LEWDNESS

Dictionary entry overview: What does lewdness mean?

• LEWDNESS (noun)
The noun LEWDNESS has 1 sense:

1. the trait of behaving in an obscene manner

Familiarity information: LEWDNESS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• LEWDNESS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The trait of behaving in an obscene manner

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

bawdiness; lewdness; obscenity; salaciousness; salacity

Hypernyms ("lewdness" is a kind of...):

indecency (the quality of being indecent)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lewdness"):

dirtiness; smuttiness (obscenity in speech or writing)

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