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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Though she was lambasted at the time, the erotic drama has enjoyed a critical reappraisal in recent years, with fans celebrating Berkley's kinetic turn.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Nov. 2025
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Further titles on its slate include erotic thriller Blurred, starring Alex Pettyfer and Guy Pearce; YA adventure The Queen’s Jewels, starring Carson Rowland, Katherine McNamara and Michael Evans Behling; and Bulgarian horror Samodiva, featuring Jack Parr, Sophie Craig and Richard Brake.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
3 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Gigi Hadid arrived to Klum's annual Halloween party in 2015 in the sexy ensemble Sandy Olsson (originated by the late Olivia Newton-John) wears at the end of Grease (1978).—
Catherine Santino,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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Ryan Murphy’s brought Ed Gein back as a uncomfortably sexy, chainsaw wielding killer, Aileen Wuornos’ crimes are being reconsidered in a doc featuring a pre-execution interview, and over on Peacock, John Wayne Gacy is coming to life.—
Elisabeth Garber-Paul,
Rolling Stone,
24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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This particular celestial encounter happens once a year, so use it to your advantage by setting amorous intentions.—
Lisa Stardust,
Refinery29,
14 Oct. 2025
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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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“Amatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amatory. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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