autoerotic

adjective

Definition of autoeroticnext
as in prurient

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for autoerotic
  1. prurient
  2. lascivious
  3. lustful
  4. lewd
  5. obscene
  6. suggestive
  7. pornographic
  8. erotic
Adjective
  • What if the creature from John Carpenter’s The Thing had a prurient interest in one of the researchers?
    — Brianne Kane, Scientific American, 12 June 2026
  • If minors are sent nude or otherwise prurient photos, the images are blurred.
    — John Tamny, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
Definition of prurient
Adjective
  • The 1962 film version featured a more innocent family with a daughter who’s presexual and thus a naïve object of lust for Robert Mitchum’s casually lascivious Cady.
    — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 17 July 2026
  • On Wednesday, Nakashima remained in jail at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on a $45,000 bond on three counts of lewd and lascivious battery by an authority figure.
    — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026
Definition of lascivious
Adjective
  • In March, the Miami Herald also joined Welty and the Croc Docs on a trip deep in the interior of the northern Everglades to track down lustful male pythons.
    — Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 2 July 2026
  • Zhengyi Bai’s lustful Monostatos, disguised in the production as a hammy vampire, almost steals the show a time or two.
    — Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2026
Definition of lustful
Adjective
  • He was further charged with committing lewd acts against the victim between January 2020 and March 2021.
    — Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 16 July 2026
  • On Wednesday, Nakashima remained in jail at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on a $45,000 bond on three counts of lewd and lascivious battery by an authority figure.
    — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026
Definition of lewd
Adjective
  • These stories were reprinted in Scottish and English botanical texts, and Henrietta would have known about the obscene ideas connected with the mushroom.
    — Leah Hudson, Popular Science, 9 July 2026
  • Jackson then allegedly drove over into another lane and swerved at the victim, while using an obscene hand gesture.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 7 July 2026
Definition of obscene
Adjective
  • But the most expensive plastic surgery today is seamless, vaguely Gnostic, suggestive of complex secret knowledge.
    — Jia Tolentino, New Yorker, 11 July 2026
  • Since the sandworm, several other buckets have gone viral, many for suggestive designs.
    — Greta Cross, USA Today, 1 July 2026
Definition of suggestive
Adjective
  • Last year, the Supreme Court upheld a different Texas law requiring that pornographic websites verify users are at least 18 to allow access.
    — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 6 July 2026
  • Last year, the court upheld a Texas law that requires pornographic websites to verify users' ages.
    — Nina Totenberg, NPR, 6 July 2026
Definition of pornographic
Adjective
  • But, in a touch that dovetails delightfully with the novel’s topical subjects, the erotic specifics are almost entirely blurred out.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 July 2026
  • However, that path could lead him away from the brand of expositions on erotic pleasures that sustain his fame and, more important, his fortune.
    — Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 14 July 2026
Definition of erotic
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