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
  • Following his March 18 arrest in Arkansas, Joseph Duggar was charged in Bay County with lewd and lascivious behavior — molestation of a victim less than 12 years old — and lewd and lascivious behavior conducted by a person 18 years or older.
    — Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The 64-year-old Fort Bragg man was arrested on suspicion of committing lewd or lascivious acts with a child younger than 14, the Amador County Sheriff’s Office announced in a news release.
    — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 4 Aug. 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
  • Lavandeira also defended her brother, who in the early aughts burst onto the internet’s celebrity culture and gossip scene with shocking headlines and often lewd doodles over celeb images.
    — Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 13 Aug. 2026
  • But there is a real tenderness that’s thrown into the mix with the lewd banter and glass-half-empty outlook.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of lewd
Adjective
  • State Farm Arena policy prohibits clothing displaying explicit language, profanity or derogatory characterizations, while the NBA Fan Code of Conduct prohibits obscene or indecent messages on clothing.
    — Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • The Tarrant County decorum policy prohibits personal attacks and impertinent, profane, obscene or slanderous remarks.
    — Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of obscene
Adjective
  • Messages in 2024 between Johnson and Duffey revealed the two men used suggestive language.
    — Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The silly yellow fruit that became a part of their culture was freighted, from the start, with suggestive meaning.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of suggestive
Adjective
  • The employees also sent pornographic magazines with David Steiner’s name to a neighbor’s home and planned to install a GPS device on the couple’s car.
    — Leah Willingham, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026
  • In 2014, Andrew Tate began his pornographic webcamming empire, recruiting women by dating and plying them with gifts.
    — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 22 July 2026
Definition of pornographic
Adjective
  • An erotic thriller that captures the dying charm of Thailand’s stand-alone cinemas which also serve as cruising sites for closeted gay men.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Initially, the show was described as being not as erotic as the book, questioning if it was toned down.
    — Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of erotic
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“Autoerotic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/autoerotic. Accessed 22 Aug. 2026.

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