LUDE Antonyms

• conforming to conventions of sexual behavior

• in the right manner; correctly; suitably

• socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous

• in harmony with the spirit of particular persons or occasion

• sufficiently clothed to see visitors or appear in public

• observing conventional sexual mores in speech or behavior or dress

• meeting requirements

• free from evil or guilt

• a person who lacks knowledge of evil

• lacking intent or capacity to injure

• free from sin

• lacking in sophistication or worldliness

• not knowledgeable about something specified

• completely wanting or lacking

• (used of things) lacking sense or awareness

• marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself

• not offensive to sexual mores in conduct or appearance

• not large but sufficient in size or amount

• free from pomp or affectation

• low or inferior in station or quality

• humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness

• relatively moderate, limited, or small

• concerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principles

• the significance of a story or event

• psychological rather than physical or tangible in effect

• marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness

• having all the qualities typical of the thing specified

• limited to the thing specified

• appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needs

• free of extraneous elements of any kind

• (of color) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white or grey or black

• (used of persons or behaviors) having no faults; sinless

• without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers

• free from discordant qualities

• concerned with theory and data rather than practice; opposed to applied

• in a state of sexual virginity

• under restraint

• cool and formal in manner

• marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes

• not showy or obtrusive

• prudent

• upright in position or posture

• a vertical structural member as a post or stake

• a piano with a vertical sounding board

• in a vertical position; not sloping

• of moral excellence

• morally excellent

• in a state of sexual virginity