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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | concerning reproduction, intercourse |
| Synonyms: | animal, animalistic, bestial, carnal, erotic, fleshly, generative, genital, genitive, intimate, loving, passionate, procreative, reproductive, sensual, sharing, venereal, voluptuous, wanton |
| Antonyms: | asexual, nonsexual |
| Main Entry: | gross |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crude, vulgar |
| Synonyms: | barnyard, boorish, breezy, callous, carnal, cheap, coarse, corporeal, crass, dull, fleshly, foul, ignorant, improper, impure, in the gutter, indecent, indelicate, inelegant, insensitive, lewd, loudmouthed, low, low-minded, lustful, obscene, offensive, rank, raunchy, raw, ribald, rough, rude, scatological, sensual, sexual, sleazy*, smutty, swinish, tasteless, ugly, uncouth, uncultured, undiscriminating, unfeeling, unrefined, unseemly, unsophisticated, voluptuous |
| Antonyms: | clean, moral, polite |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | prurient |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lascivious |
| Synonyms: | bawdy, carnal, crude, desirous, erotic, fleshly, horny, hot*, lecherous, lewd, libertine, libidinous, licentious, lustful, obscene, offensive, orgiastic, pornographic, raunchy*, salacious, sensual, sexual, smutty, suggestive, unchaste, vulgar |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sensual |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | physical, erotic |
| Synonyms: | X-rated, animal, animalistic, arousing, bodily, carnal, debauched, delightful, epicurean, exciting, fleshly, heavy*, hedonic, hot*, lascivious, lecherous, lewd, libidinous, licentious, lustful, moving, pleasing, rough, sensuous, sexual, sexy, sharpened, steamy, stimulating, stirring, tactile, unchaste, unspiritual, voluptuous |
| Notes: | sensuous usually implies gratification of the senses for the sake of aesthetic pleasure; sensual usually describes gratification of the senses or physical appetites as an end in itself |
| Antonyms: | abstemious, chaste, mental |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | X-rated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pornographic |
| Synonyms: | adult, bawdy, dirty, erotic, fleshy, hard-core, immoral, indecent, lascivious, lewd, obscene, off-color, offensive, porn, porno, raunchy, sensual, sexual, sexy, smutty, steamy |
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