1
as in lust
intense sexual desire
another movie comedy that celebrates the unbridled horniness of the teenage boy
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2
as in desire
sexual appetite
a drug that promises to provide a man the horniness of one half his age
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for horniness
Noun
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But anyone who's ever lived in Manhattan has gone through this luxury lust.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
12 June 2025 -
Where does the boundary between lust, obsession, fandom, and devotion lie?—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
5 June 2025
Noun
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This decision reflects a broader skepticism toward centralized identity infrastructure and a desire to limit the federal government’s role in managing citizen-level credentials.—
Emil Sayegh,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
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Trump is 78 years old and expresses a desire to bring America back to a golden age of manufacturing before globalism outsourced American jobs and created a reliance on foreign trade.—
Charles Singh,
USA Today,
7 June 2025
Noun
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Everyone was truly invested in this adaptation and each and everyone brought part of their own passion in this project.—
Kevin Giraud,
Variety,
8 June 2025
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His studies at the University of Cambridge's Christ's College from 1828 to 1831 encouraged his passion for natural science.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
7 June 2025
Noun
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Nosferatu is summoned from the occult niche of the Eggers universe viewers are now familiar with: remnants of The Lighthouse (2019) and The Northman (2022) ooze through the Gothic gloom and nauseating eroticism.—
Lily Ford,
The Hollywood Reporter,
13 Dec. 2024
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In the 1970s, eroticism was situated between what was shown and what was hidden.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
20 Sep. 2024
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“Horniness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horniness. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.
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