Feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness.

synonyms: carnality, lasciviousness, prurience, pruriency.

Roget 255: smoothness etc. adj.; polish, gloss; lubricity, lubrication.    [smooth materials] down, velvet, velure, silk, satin; velveteen, velour, velours, velumen^†; glass, ice.    slide; bowling green etc. (level) 213; asphalt, wood pavement, flagstone, flags.    [objects used to smooth other objects] roller, steam roller, lawn roller, rolling pin, rolling mill; sand paper, emery paper, emery cloth, sander; flat iron, sad iron; burnisher, turpentine and beeswax; polish, shoe polish.    [art of cutting and polishing gemstones] lapidary.    [person who polishes gemstones] lapidary, lapidarian.    ... show more

Roget 355: unctuousness etc. adj.; unctuosity^†, lubricity; ointment etc. (oil) 356; anointment; lubrication etc. 332.    ... show more

Roget 961: impurity; uncleanness etc. (filth) 653; immodesty; grossness etc. adj.; indelicacy, indecency; impudicity^†; obscenity, ribaldry, Fescennine, smut, bawdry^†, double entente, equivoque [Fr.].    concupiscence, lust, carnality, flesh, salacity; pruriency, lechery, lasciviency^†, lubricity; Sadism, sapphism^†.    incontinence, intrigue, faux pas [Fr.]; amour, amourette^†; gallantry; debauchery, libertinish^†, libertinage^†, fornication; liaison; wenching, venery, dissipation.    seduction; defloration, defilement, abuse, violation, rape; incest.    prostitution, social evil, harlotry, stupration^†, whoredom, concubinage, cuckoldom^†, adultery, advoutry^†, crim.    con.   ; free love.    seraglio, harem; brothel, bagnio^†, stew, bawdyhouse^†, cat house, lupanar^†, house of ill fame, bordel^†, bordello.    ... show more

Dutch: wellust