as in erotic
of, relating to, exciting, or expressing sexual attraction or desire
amatory letters that kept their love alive during the years they were separated by war
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Recent Examples of amatory
The brilliant young Mozart, only 34 at the time of the premiere, lifted this ludicrous amatory romp into sublime heights with his music.
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Jeremy Yudkin, BostonGlobe.com, 17 July 2023
Lapine, making his feature film debut, doesn’t have the technique to turn this amatory whirl into a lyrical roundelay.
—Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2023
Peacock, talented, attractive, amatory, and a good friend to the bohemian Shelley circle, married, rather surprisingly, a Welsh parson’s daughter, Jane Gryffydh, who was ill at ease in London and developed life-long mental illness after the death of one of her children.
—Hermione Lee, The New York Review of Books, 17 Nov. 2020
Jeremy Yudkin, BostonGlobe.com, 17 July 2023
Lapine, making his feature film debut, doesn’t have the technique to turn this amatory whirl into a lyrical roundelay.
—Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2023
Peacock, talented, attractive, amatory, and a good friend to the bohemian Shelley circle, married, rather surprisingly, a Welsh parson’s daughter, Jane Gryffydh, who was ill at ease in London and developed life-long mental illness after the death of one of her children.
—Hermione Lee, The New York Review of Books, 17 Nov. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for amatory
Adjective
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There is an erotic frisson between Jeanne and Cristina throughout the movie despite their age difference and daughter-mother-like relationship.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
3 Oct. 2025
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Bleecker Street’s Fantastic Fest erotic thriller Bone Lake by Mercedes Bryce Morgan debuts on 1,045 screens.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The concern isn’t a woman baking in her finest pearls or wanting to be sexy — that is fine, and she should be allowed to do that, Zayer said.—
Madeline Holcombe,
CNN Money,
11 Oct. 2025
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The record is filled with sexy dance-pop bangers and finds Khalid — for the first time in his career — using he/him pronouns when discussing paramours in his lyrics.—
Jeff Nelson,
PEOPLE,
10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Blanche, an amorous widow, takes in two roommates: Dorothy, a no-nonsense divorcee from Brooklyn, and Rose, a sweet but simpleminded Minnesotan.—
Time,
Time,
17 Sep. 2025
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The purpose was to have amorous entanglements with several chatbots simultaneously.—
Patricia Marx,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Amatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amatory. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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