suggestive of or tending to moral looseness; "lewd whisperings of a dirty old man"; "an indecent gesture"; "obscene telephone calls"; "salacious limericks"
disapproval If you describe someone's behaviour as lewd, you are critical of it because it is sexual in a rude and unpleasant way. Drew spends all day eyeing up the women and making lewd comments. + lewdness lewd·ness The critics condemned the play for lewdness. using rude words or movements that make you think of sex