erotic
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amatory, amorous, aphrodisiac (also aphrodisiacal), erogenous, erotogenic, sexy, steamy
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The free resource provides some of the hottest erotic fiction and fantasy on the internet from a variety of authors and points of view. — Glamour, "15 Porn Sites for Women That You'll Really, Really Enjoy," 20 May 2019 Rekhti, a genre of poetry that flourished in India from the late 1700s, describes erotic encounters between women. — New York Times, "Gay in India, Where Progress Has Come Only With Risk," 2 June 2018 Both Boucher and Renoir expressed an 18th-century view of the erotic as a humane and civilizing concept, rather than as a violent and disruptive one, which may be why women tend to love both artists in ways that men do not. — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, "More and more people loathe Renoir. Is it time for a revival?," 25 June 2019 Michael Crichton had just published his erotic corporate-sabotage thriller Disclosure, in which data gets visualized in a virtual world; soon after, the novel was made into a movie starring Michael Douglas and Demi Moore. — Peter Rubin, WIRED, "Disney's New Lion King Is the VR-Fueled Future of Cinema," 20 June 2019 Plus, fraternal camaraderie, which Zeffirelli inevitably finds trenchant as well as erotic, as did his Renaissance forbears. — Armond White, National Review, "Franco Zeffirelli: Unlikely Conservative Hero," 20 June 2019 There will be a lecture on the technological advances moving humanity’s love efforts forward, followed by a screening of a documentary about the changing art of erotic cinema. — Trevor Fraser, orlandosentinel.com, "Experimental theater gets the spotlight in Central Florida," 19 June 2019 If that plot sound familiar, Francois Ozon came to Cannes just 12 months ago with his thematically similar erotic thriller Double Lover. — Stephen Dalton, The Hollywood Reporter, "'Asako I & II' ('Netemo sametemo'): Film Review | Cannes 2018," 14 May 2018 String players have a kind of dogged, erotic approach to playing music, which is maybe not friendly but very human and very connected. — Maeve Mcdermott, USA TODAY, "Playlist: Henry Jamison's favorite friendship songs," 13 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'erotic.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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