as in sexy
of, relating to, exciting, or expressing sexual attraction or desire
male birds engage in amorous behavior—nest-building, singing, showing off their finery—in order to attract females
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Recent Examples of amorous
In Paris, amorous visitors made a habit of fastening padlocks to the Pont des Arts pedestrian bridge, then tossing the key into the Seine River below.
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 June 2025
Westbrook and Scott offer up amorous new songs while Watkins and Merlo each delve into non-linear trajectory of heartache’s aftermath.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 2 June 2025
The legend of Casanova, the 18th-century Venetian adventurer known for his romantic escapades, includes stories of him consuming dozens of oysters for breakfast to enhance his amorous energy.
—Tribune Content Agency, Mercury News, 27 May 2025
The amorous couple abandoned their spouses, children, and lives (and Wright his practice) in 1909 to spend a year together in Europe before relocating to Taliesin in 1911.
—Carrie Hojnicki, Architectural Digest, 21 May 2025
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 June 2025
Westbrook and Scott offer up amorous new songs while Watkins and Merlo each delve into non-linear trajectory of heartache’s aftermath.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 2 June 2025
The legend of Casanova, the 18th-century Venetian adventurer known for his romantic escapades, includes stories of him consuming dozens of oysters for breakfast to enhance his amorous energy.
—Tribune Content Agency, Mercury News, 27 May 2025
The amorous couple abandoned their spouses, children, and lives (and Wright his practice) in 1909 to spend a year together in Europe before relocating to Taliesin in 1911.
—Carrie Hojnicki, Architectural Digest, 21 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for amorous
Adjective
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This French film featured the sexiest woman in the world at that time, Brigitte Bardot, who appears in the nude and whose husband might be impotent.—
Suzanne Jill Levine
June 30,
Literary Hub,
30 June 2025
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La Piscine’s dark summer romp through the dangers of lust, jealousy, and gluttony proves nothing is ultimately sexier than the privilege of indifference.—
Erik Morse,
Vogue,
26 June 2025
Adjective
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Her complicated desire for K—erotic in nature, and yet based in a childlike longing for approval—produces an irrecuperable psychic fissure.—
Rachel Vorona Cote,
The Atlantic,
15 July 2025
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Aubrey Beardsley cribbed the oversized phalluses of his erotic drawings from Japanese shunga prints.—
Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
15 July 2025
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The brilliant young Mozart, only 34 at the time of the premiere, lifted this ludicrous amatory romp into sublime heights with his music.—
Jeremy Yudkin,
BostonGlobe.com,
17 July 2023
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Lapine, making his feature film debut, doesn’t have the technique to turn this amatory whirl into a lyrical roundelay.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
27 June 2023
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“Amorous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amorous. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.
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