Lechery

Word LECHERY
Character 7
Hyphenation lech er y
Pronunciations /ˈlɛtʃ.əɹ.i/

Definitions and meanings of "Lechery"

What do we mean by lechery?

Excessive interest in or indulgence in sexual activity. noun

A lecherous act. noun

Sensuality; free indulgence of carnal appetite; lewdness. noun

Pleasure; delight. noun

Free indulgence of lust; excessive indulgence in sexual relations; -- used mostly of men. noun

Selfish pleasure; delight. noun

Inordinate indulgence in sexual activity. noun

Unrestrained indulgence in sexual activity noun

Inordinate indulgence in sexual activity.

Lech·er·y n. pl. lech·er·ies Excessive indulgence in sexual activity; lewdness. A lecherous act. Urban Dictionary

Lechery; once used as a definition for the sin of adultery, then broadened to sexual sin in general. Now generally refers to sexual practice, with a negative or perverse undertone. Urban Dictionary

Illicit or extra-marital sexual activity. See also: adultery, fornication. It is a high-brow word to help you sound more sophisticated as you explain why you are no longer married. A related term is mental lechery...its pretty self-explanatory. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Lechery

The word "lechery" in example sentences

In this commandment it is forbidden and defended all manner sin of the flesh which is called generally lechery, which is a right foul sin and villainous. ❋ 1230-1298 (1900)

Its reassuring to find oneself almost agreeing with Melanie again. .but: laughable as it is for this dreadful new labour hack to pretend that paying to be tied up and flogged is only depraved if you wear the wrong costume; isnt the public exposure of depravity its own kind of lechery (to paraphrase Dr Johnson)? ❋ Unknown (2008)

Steven Tyler's perpetual lechery; the way the entire panel hedges about criticism by qualifying it by saying, "At first ..." and then explaining how any given contestant pulled it together; Jacob Lusk's wordless wailing. ❋ Unknown (2011)

How else to explain why the ubiquitous lechery of "Hey Nineteen," the dynamite-strapped character of "Don't Take Me Alive" and the tricky jazz harmonies of "Peg" remain on classic-rock radio after so many decades? ❋ Andy Beta (2011)

“Watch out, he has made lechery his profession,” Teddy said seriously. ❋ Priya Parmar (2011)

Below, she talks about getting her confidence back, how Kara DioGuardi offended her, Nick's lechery and why she thinks the warzone vibe of the show is counterproductive. ❋ Unknown (2011)

This radical break, so often attributed to Henry's lechery and self-interest, was in the end immensely valuable to England and the English-speaking peoples. ❋ Philip Kennicott (2010)

Of "Lady Chatterley's Lover" he wrote, "The lechery scenes are the best." ❋ Eric Ormsby (2011)

So people in Armenia are concerned mostly by lechery & sex revolution, but not homophibia per se. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Archer's snarky lechery bites him in the privates this time. ❋ Unknown (2011)

I should call her sometime, tell her I'm somewhere, septic with lechery. ❋ Matthew J. Robinson (2011)

We didn't know Bozell kept track of that show's lechery level with such an eye for detail. ❋ Terry Krepel (2011)

Brock's Chick was a woman so hot that "the Arizona legislature recently passed a bill that forbids me and this young lady from being an item because we're too good looking," Brock wrote in one post, which contained Brock's typical blend of swagger and lechery. ❋ Monica Hesse (2010)

He even edited an account of priestly lechery called Confessions of a Catholic Priest, published in 1837. ❋ Unknown (2010)

When the abuse cases first came to light in the United States, the Vatican tried to spin the immoral monstrosity as an American problem, as if latitude and longitude caused the lechery and lies. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Lujurioso in Spanish means lustful, lecherous and lujuria is lust or lechery .. ❋ Unknown (2008)

From there, he complained to the readers in the next issue of the Enterprise that “the air is full of lechery and rumors of lechery.” ❋ JR. ROY MORRIS (2010)

It is greed and lechery and gaping cakeholes, bulging trousers and breasts like buttocks, Bash Street shins and unfeasible genitals. ❋ Unknown (2010)

[Secret Squirrel's] lechery was a [grim] legend at the [preschool]. ❋ Anonymous (2003)

Mark [fixed] Sarah with a [lecherous] stare as he [undressed] her with her mind. ❋ Corbett (2004)

Dan [Forth]: To your own knowledge has your husband ever committed the crime of [lechery]? Answer me woman! Is your husband a [lecher]? ❋ EZ_CHEEVER (2008)

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