Prurience and Wantonness

Prurience

Prurience noun - Feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness.

Wantonness and prurience are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Wantonness" instead a noun "Prurience".

Nearby Words: prurient, pruriently

Wantonness

Wantonness noun - Disposition to willfully inflict pain and suffering on others.

Prurience and wantonness are semantically related. You can use "Prurience" instead a noun "Wantonness".
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