Licentious - English meaning

adjective

Having or showing a willingness to act dishonestly in return for money or personal gain.

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Unscrupulous logging companies assisted by corrupt officials

verb

Cause to act dishonestly in return for money or personal gain.

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There is a continuing fear of firms corrupting politicians in the search for contracts

adjective

Dishonest and willing to use your position or power to your own advantage, esp. for money

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It’s been called the most politically corrupt city in the nation., your philosophy is corrupt., pol…

adjective

Indulging in or characterized by excessive indulgence in sex, alcohol, or drugs.

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A debauched lifestyle

verb

Destroy or debase the moral purity of; corrupt.

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He has debauched the morals of the people and endeavoured to corrupt parliament

adjective

Characterized by or reflecting a state of moral or cultural decline.

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A decaying, decadent britain

noun

A person who is luxuriously self-indulgent.

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For half a million dollars, he offers rich decadents the chance to lead a deadly safari

adjective

A decadent person or group has low moral standards

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A decadent society, the decadent court surrounding the king, humorous champagne and chocolates for …

adjective

Having lost the physical, mental, or moral qualities considered normal and desirable; showing evidence of decline.

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A degenerate form of a higher civilization

noun

An immoral or corrupt person.

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Get out of my house, you degenerate!

verb

Decline or deteriorate physically, mentally, or morally.

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The quality of life had degenerated

adjective

Morally corrupt; wicked.

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He was a depraved lecher

verb

Make (someone) immoral or wicked.

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This book would deprave and corrupt young children

adjective

Morally bad or evil

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A depraved character/mind, someone who can kill a child like that must be totally depraved.

adjective

(of a person or way of life) overindulging in sensual pleasures.

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Dissipated behaviour

verb

(with reference to a feeling or emotion) disappear or cause to disappear.

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The concern she'd felt for him had wholly dissipated

adjective

Spending too much time enjoying physical pleasures and harmful activities such as drinking a lot of alcohol

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He recalled his dissipated youth spent in nightclubs and bars.

adjective

(of a person or a way of life) overindulging in sensual pleasures.

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Unfortunately, his heir was feckless and dissolute

adjective

Showing a lack of good character and morals; immoral

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A dissolute life

adjective

Not conforming to accepted standards of morality.

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Unseemly and immoral behaviour

adjective

Not following accepted standards of morally right behavior or thought

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Discrimination on the basis of race is immoral., the immorality of lying

adjective

Mixed with foreign matter; adulterated.

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An impure form of heroin

adjective

Mixed with other substances and therefore harmful or lower in quality

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Impure drinking water, impurities are removed from the blood by the kidneys.

adjective

Not conforming with generally accepted standards of behaviour, especially in relation to sexual matters.

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Indecent acts

adjective

Morally offensive, esp. in a sexual way

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Indecent language is not allowed on the radio between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m., [ u ] the network receive…

adjective

Feeling or revealing an overt sexual interest or desire.

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He gave her a lascivious wink

adjective

Feeling or expressing strong sexual desire

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Lascivious behavior

adjective

Having or showing excessive or offensive sexual desire.

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She ignored his lecherous gaze

adjective

(esp. of men) too interested in sex

noun

A person, especially a man, who freely indulges in sensual pleasures without regard to moral principles.

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His image as an unbridled libertine is a total myth

adjective

Characterized by free indulgence in sensual pleasures.

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His more libertine impulses

noun

A person, usually a man, who has few moral principles and has sexual relationships with many people

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She considers him an arrogant, dandified libertine., the infamous libertine casanova was more compl…

adjective

Showing excessive sexual drive; lustful.

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Libidinous teenagers

adjective

Having or showing strong sexual desires

adjective

Having or showing strong feelings of sexual desire.

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Lustful glances

adjective

Feeling or connected with strong sexual desire

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Lustful thoughts

adjective

Recklessly extravagant or wasteful in the use of resources.

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Profligate consumers of energy

noun

A licentious, dissolute person.

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He is a drunkard and a profligate

adjective

Having or conveying undue or inappropriate interest in sexual matters.

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Salacious stories

adjective

Causing or showing too much interest in sexual matters

adjective

Wicked and immoral; committing or characterized by the committing of sins.

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Sinful men

adjective

(of a cruel or violent action) deliberate and unprovoked.

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Sheer wanton vandalism

noun

A sexually unrestrained woman.

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She'd behaved like a wanton

verb

Play; frolic.

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They sat gazing at the white-flecked pure blue sea and the various gulls that wantoned in the wake

adjective

Evil or morally wrong.

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A wicked and unscrupulous politician

verb

Absorb or draw off (liquid) by capillary action.

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Garments that wick moisture away from the skin

adjective

Morally wrong and bad

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He was a wicked, ruthless, and dishonest man., she has a wicked sense of humor., the demands of fun…