variants
or less commonly erotical
1
: of, devoted to, or tending to arouse sexual love or desire
erotic art
2
: strongly marked or affected by sexual desire
erotic
noun
Examples of erotic in a Sentence
the erotic aspects of the story of Beauty and the Beast
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If the weather was nice, undergraduates would be sunning themselves, like erotic statuary, on the library steps.
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Caleb Crain, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
Her dancers practice an interlude without her, presumably built into the show to give her a water break, and Cardi watches, taking notice of the erotic noises that make up the soundtrack.
—Jazmine Hughes, Allure, 24 Mar. 2026
Under his ownership, OnlyFans turned from a platform that once avoided explicit content into an adults-only phenomenon with more than 300 million users and over $1 billion in annual revenue, powered by erotic performers and celebrity influencers.
—Reuters, USA Today, 24 Mar. 2026
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Caleb Crain, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
Her dancers practice an interlude without her, presumably built into the show to give her a water break, and Cardi watches, taking notice of the erotic noises that make up the soundtrack.
—Jazmine Hughes, Allure, 24 Mar. 2026
Under his ownership, OnlyFans turned from a platform that once avoided explicit content into an adults-only phenomenon with more than 300 million users and over $1 billion in annual revenue, powered by erotic performers and celebrity influencers.
—Reuters, USA Today, 24 Mar. 2026
Speaks is also developing Ten Hard, an erotic crime thriller series based on the Tennyson Hardwick novels by Blair Underwood, with Cheo Hodari Coker (Marvel’s Luke Cage) attached as showrunner.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 18 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for erotic
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“Erotic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/erotic. Accessed 27 Mar. 2026.
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erotic
adjective
erot·ic
i-ˈrät-ik 
: of, relating to, or marked by sexual love or desire
eroticism
noun
-ˈrät-ə-ˌsiz-əm
Medical Definition
erotic
adjective
erot·ic
i-ˈrät-ik
variants
also erotical
1
: of, devoted to, or tending to arouse sexual love or desire
2
: strongly marked or affected by sexual desire
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