LICENTIOUS


Meaning of LICENTIOUS in English

adjective

1.

Synonyms: abandoned 2, dissolute, profligate, reprobate, self-abandoned, unprincipled

2.

disregarding sexual restraints

a coarse licentious man

Synonyms: fast, incontinent, lascivious, lecherous, lewd, libertine, libidinous, lustful, randy, salacious, satyric

Related Word: animal, carnal, fleshly, oversexed, sensual; abandoned, dissolute, profligate, reprobate; corrupt, debauched, depraved, scabrous; amoral, immoral, unmoral; lax, loose, relaxed

Contrasted words: chaste, decent, pure; moral, virtuous; rigid, strict; ascetic, austere, severe

Antonyms: continent

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