referring to or involving sex in a rude and offensive way synonym obscene粗野下流的;淫荡的;猥亵的 lewd behaviour/jokes/suggestions 粗俗下流的行为/玩笑/暗示
Word OriginOld English lǣwede, of unknown origin. The original sense was ‘belonging to the laity’ (members of the church who are not clergy); in Middle English, ‘belonging to the common people, vulgar’, and later ‘worthless, vile, evil’, leading to the current sense.