erotic

erot·ic

adj \i-ˈrä-tik\

Definition of EROTIC

1

: of, devoted to, or tending to arouse sexual love or desire <erotic art>

2

: strongly marked or affected by sexual desire

— erotic noun

— erot·i·cal·ly \-ti-k(ə-)lē\ adverb

Variants of EROTIC

erot·ic also erot·i·cal \-ti-kəl\

Examples of EROTIC

1. <the erotic aspects of the story of Beauty and the Beast>

Origin of EROTIC

Greek erōtikos, from erōt-, erōs

First Known Use: 1651

Related to EROTIC

Synonyms: amatory, amorous, aphrodisiac (also aphrodisiacal), erogenous, erotogenic, sexy, steamy

Antonyms: nonerotic, unerotic, unsexy

Related Words: autoerotic; carnal, fleshly, sensual, sensuous; bawdy, lascivious, lewd, lustful, obscene, prurient, racy, spicy, suggestive, titillating; dirty, filthy, foul, gross, indecent, nasty, pornographic, ribald, smutty, unprintable, vulgar; fetishistic, perversive

Near Antonyms: clean, decent, decorous, polite, proper, seemly; innocuous, inoffensive

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Other Psychology Terms

fetish, hypochondria, intelligence, mania, narcissism, neurosis, pathological, psychosis, schadenfreude, subliminal

Rhymes with EROTIC

aquatic, biotic, chaotic, cirrhotic, demotic, despotic, ergotic, exotic, hypnotic, kyphotic, leprotic, lordotic, meiotic, mitotic, narcotic, necrotic, neurotic, Nilotic, osmotic, psychotic, quixotic, robotic, sclerotic, thrombotic, zygotic