Definition of oversexed
:exhibiting an excessive sexual drive or interest
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a movie about oversexed college students
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And in this Magic Kingdom, Aladdin is an oversexed serial burglar who's more swine than sweetheart.
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Also in the diner are Carl (played by Robert Becker), an oversexed bus driver and Will (played by Tim Slewitzke), a stern church-going sheriff.
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As modern wellness gets a little self-serious and oversexed, there’s a certain comfort in these things that are more New Age than new.
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First Known Use of oversexed
1898
oversexed Synonyms
Synonyms
concupiscent, goatish, horny, hot, hypersexual, itchy, lascivious, lecherous, lewd, libidinous, licentious, lubricious (or lubricous), lustful, passionate, randy, salacious, satyric, wantonAntonyms
frigid, undersexedRelated Words
aroused, excited; easy, fast, loose, promiscuous; dissipated, dissolute, libertine; corrupt, debased, debauched, decadent, degenerate, degraded, demoralized, depraved, dissipated, dissolute, immoral, indecentNear Antonyms
celibate, chaste, decent, immaculate, modest, moral, pure, virtuous; monastic, monkish; maidenly, virginal; innocent, lily-white; priggish, prim, prudish, puritanical, straitlaced (or straightlaced), VictorianOVERSEXED Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of oversexed for English Language Learners
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: having more interest in sex than is usual
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