libidinous

li·bid·i·nous

adj \-də-nəs, -ˈbid-nəs\

Definition of LIBIDINOUS

1

: having or marked by lustful desires : lascivious

2

: libidinal

— li·bid·i·nous·ly adverb

— li·bid·i·nous·ness noun

Examples of LIBIDINOUS

1. <a novel about a libidinous lawyer who becomes an abject slave to his sexual addiction>

Origin of LIBIDINOUS

Middle English, from Latin libidinosus, from libidin-, libido

First Known Use: 15th century

Related to LIBIDINOUS

Synonyms: concupiscent, goatish, horny, hot, hypersexual, itchy, lascivious, lecherous, lewd, lustful, licentious, lubricious (or lubricous), oversexed, passionate, randy, salacious, satyric, wanton

Antonyms: frigid, undersexed

Related Words: aroused, excited; easy, fast, loose, promiscuous; dissipated, dissolute, libertine; corrupt, debased, debauched, decadent, degenerate, degraded, demoralized, depraved, dissipated, dissolute, immoral, indecent

Near Antonyms: celibate, chaste, decent, immaculate, modest, moral, pure, virtuous; monastic, monkish; maidenly, virginal; innocent, lily-white; priggish, prim, prudish, puritanical, straitlaced (or straightlaced), Victorian

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