Licentious is an English word with synonyms like unchaste. Below you'll find 5 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Licentious meaning
- Lacking restraint, or ignoring societal standards, particularly in sexual conduct; sexually unprincipled.
- Disregarding accepted rules.
Synonyms of Licentious
Using Licentious
- The main meaning on this page is: Lacking restraint, or ignoring societal standards, particularly in sexual conduct; sexually unprincipled. | Disregarding accepted rules.
- Useful related words include: unchaste.
- In the example corpus, licentious often appears in combinations such as: and licentious.
Context around Licentious
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 4 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Licentious
- In this selection, "licentious" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, sfn, lives and episodes stand out and add context to how "licentious" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include but also licentious sfn his and dissolute and licentious lives of. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "licentious" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with licentious
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
These intimate family scenes are contrasting to the licentious style seen in his Odalisque portraits. (15 words)
He advanced into Italy at the head of a licentious and rough soldiery, and Rome became the scene of riot and massacre, gladiatorial shows and extravagant feasting. (27 words)
Rome lost in part its religious character, becoming increasingly a true Renaissance city, with a great number of popular feasts, horse races, parties, intrigues and licentious episodes. (27 words)
He was old enough to be in the midst of his literary studies, to understand the real meaning and worth of the dissolute and licentious lives of his companions, and to have been deeply affected himself by the love of a woman. (42 words)
He was handsome and eloquent, active, hardy, courageous, a great general and an able politician, but also licentious.sfn His early years were spent alternately in pleasure and in military service. (31 words)
He advanced into Italy at the head of a licentious and rough soldiery, and Rome became the scene of riot and massacre, gladiatorial shows and extravagant feasting. (27 words)
Example sentences (5)
He advanced into Italy at the head of a licentious and rough soldiery, and Rome became the scene of riot and massacre, gladiatorial shows and extravagant feasting.
He was handsome and eloquent, active, hardy, courageous, a great general and an able politician, but also licentious.sfn His early years were spent alternately in pleasure and in military service.
He was old enough to be in the midst of his literary studies, to understand the real meaning and worth of the dissolute and licentious lives of his companions, and to have been deeply affected himself by the love of a woman.
Rome lost in part its religious character, becoming increasingly a true Renaissance city, with a great number of popular feasts, horse races, parties, intrigues and licentious episodes.
These intimate family scenes are contrasting to the licentious style seen in his Odalisque portraits.
Common combinations with licentious
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: