lascivious
- 1Lewd and lustful; driven by sexual desire, or showing it openly.
He gave her a lascivious wink across the bar, and she turned away in disgust.
The town council condemned the poster as lascivious and ordered it taken down.
Similarlewd, lustful, lecherous, salacious, licentious
Oppositechaste
Note
Latin lascīvia covered playfulness as well as lust, but English kept only the lust, and the word always disapproves. It attaches to looks, gestures and poses as readily as to people: a lascivious wink, lascivious poses for social media, a lascivious old reprobate. Lewd puts the weight on the crudeness of what is shown; lascivious puts it on the desire behind it.
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Origin
From Latin lascīviōsus, from lascīvia ("sportiveness, lustfulness").