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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | affectionate |
| Synonyms: | amatory, amorous, anacreontic, ardent, brotherly, doting, enamored, erotic, fervent, fervid, impassioned, indulgent, loving, overindulgent, sisterly, tender, warm |
| Antonyms: | platonic |
| Main Entry: | aphrodisiac |
| Part of Speech: | noun, adjective |
| Definition: | seductive; inducing sex |
| Synonyms: | Spanish fly, amative, amatory, amorous, erotic, love drug, popper, turn-on, wampole |
| Main Entry: | erotic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sexy |
| Synonyms: | amative, amatory, amorous, aphrodisiac, bawdy, blue*, carnal, concupiscent, earthy, erogenous, fervid, filthy, fleshly, hot*, impassioned, kinky*, lascivious, lecherous, lewd, obscene, off-color, prurient, purple*, raunchy, raw, romantic, rousing, salacious, seductive, sensual, sexual, spicy, steamy, stimulating, suggestive, titillating, venereal, voluptuous |
| Notes: | erotic means giving sexual pleasure or sexually arousing, while exotic means being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world or strikingly strange or unusual |
| Antonyms: | bland, cold, dull, frigid, unerotic |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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