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Definitions

animalistic

ADJECTIVE
fleshly
Synonyms
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animal bodily carnal erotic gross lascivious lewd lustful profane sensual venereal voluptuous
Antonyms
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immaterial mentally religious spiritual
ADJECTIVE
sensual
Synonyms
STRONGEST
exciting sensuous sexual sexy tactile voluptuous
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X-rated animal arousing bodily carnal debauched delightful epicurean fleshly heavy hedonic hot lascivious lecherous lewd libidinous licentious lustful moving pleasing rough sharpened steamy stimulating stirring unchaste unspiritual
Antonyms
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abstemious chaste mental
ADJECTIVE
sexual
Synonyms
STRONGEST
carnal erotic intimate passionate reproductive sensual
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animal bestial fleshly generative genital genitive loving procreative sharing venereal voluptuous wanton
Antonyms
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chaste cold cool dull frigid
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asexual nonsexual

Example Sentences

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Now, in the week running up to the Six Nations, he's talking in animalistic terms again.

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2026

Mr. Sturridge is almost animalistic and at times absurdly funny in delineating Mat’s sudden and obsessive love; it seems to draw him to Anna with an almost overpowering force.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 14, 2025

Each year, those firms become more intelligent and more omniscient about the markets, while the market mob becomes more animalistic and less focused on risks taken in pursuit of rewards.

From Barron's • Dec. 10, 2025

Sigmund Freud thought it related to animalistic behavior and was relevant in humans mostly in terms of behavioral pathology.

From Salon • Jan. 5, 2025

It was a guttural noise, an animalistic noise—

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.