variants
or less commonly erotical
1
: of, devoted to, or tending to arouse sexual love or desire
erotic art
2
: strongly marked or affected by sexual desire
erotic
noun
Examples of erotic in a Sentence
the erotic aspects of the story of Beauty and the Beast
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Spartacus: House of Ashur is a thrilling, erotic, history-bending, roller-coaster experience that builds on everything that made the original series a colossal hit.
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Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 26 July 2025
But this experience need not be limited to Catholicism’s terms of repentance, for the church offers only one kind of erotic container.
—Terry Nguyen
july 23, Literary Hub, 23 July 2025
Screenwriter Joe Eszterhas, who penned the original 1992 erotic thriller, is on board to write the project.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 18 July 2025
But Henry Cavill prevailed: his Superman and his nerd-to-die-for Clark Kent were of course gorgeous to look at, but in the first movie especially, both guises carried an erotic charge that’s usually forbidden in the world of comic-book movies.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 11 July 2025
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Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 26 July 2025
But this experience need not be limited to Catholicism’s terms of repentance, for the church offers only one kind of erotic container.
—Terry Nguyen
july 23, Literary Hub, 23 July 2025
Screenwriter Joe Eszterhas, who penned the original 1992 erotic thriller, is on board to write the project.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 18 July 2025
But Henry Cavill prevailed: his Superman and his nerd-to-die-for Clark Kent were of course gorgeous to look at, but in the first movie especially, both guises carried an erotic charge that’s usually forbidden in the world of comic-book movies.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 11 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for erotic
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“Erotic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/erotic. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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erotic
adjective
erot·ic
i-ˈrät-ik 
: of, relating to, or marked by sexual love or desire
eroticism
noun
-ˈrät-ə-ˌsiz-əm
Medical Definition
erotic
adjective
erot·ic
i-ˈrät-ik
variants
also erotical
1
: of, devoted to, or tending to arouse sexual love or desire
2
: strongly marked or affected by sexual desire
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