licentious

li·cen·tious

adj \lī-ˈsen(t)-shəs\

Definition of LICENTIOUS

1

: lacking legal or moral restraints; especially : disregarding sexual restraints

2

: marked by disregard for strict rules of correctness

— li·cen·tious·ly adverb

— li·cen·tious·ness noun

Examples of LICENTIOUS

1. <a moralist who decried what she regarded as the licentious and corrupt culture of the entertainment industry>

Origin of LICENTIOUS

Latin licentiosus, from licentia

First Known Use: 1535

Related to LICENTIOUS

Synonyms: concupiscent, goatish, horny, hot, hypersexual, itchy, lascivious, lecherous, lewd, libidinous, lustful, lubricious (or lubricous), oversexed, passionate, randy, salacious, satyric, wanton

Antonyms: frigid, undersexed

Related Words: aroused, excited; easy, fast, loose, promiscuous; dissipated, dissolute, libertine; corrupt, debased, debauched, decadent, degenerate, degraded, demoralized, depraved, dissipated, dissolute, immoral, indecent

Near Antonyms: celibate, chaste, decent, immaculate, modest, moral, pure, virtuous; monastic, monkish; maidenly, virginal; innocent, lily-white; priggish, prim, prudish, puritanical, straitlaced (or straightlaced), Victorian

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