concupiscent

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for concupiscent
Adjective
  • But housing advocates have been just as passionate about wanting to see more affordable housing in this area, particularly for seniors.
    Randy Mastro, New York Daily News, 24 June 2025
  • Argentine clubs Boca Juniors and River Plate have drawn huge, passionate crowds that serenade their heroes before, during and after matches.
    Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 22 June 2025
Adjective
  • Despite Benfica’s determination to preserve the core of a potentially special team, Fernandez returned to Portugal with Chelsea hot in pursuit.
    Liam Twomey, New York Times, 28 June 2025
  • Farmers are at the mercy of climate change, which can mean hotter days over longer periods, and unpredictable weather in the form of hurricanes, which can badly affect crops.
    Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 27 June 2025
Adjective
  • Rather than being lustful or playful, there’s a nervousness and a discomfort about her.
    Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2024
  • The lustful reggaeton-bachata song about a twisted love affair would shock fans upon its release in the spring of 2005.
    Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2025
Adjective
  • More evidence that Belle is all hot and horny for being the matriarch of a crime ring?
    Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 20 June 2025
  • In other words: horny fruit flies might save lives.
    Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 18 June 2025
Adjective
  • Goggins, with many shirt buttons undone, is a libidinous waiter who takes his flirting with the mothers to extremes.
    Omar L. Gallaga, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2025
  • Crumb, graphically honest in his work as a surrealistic, libidinous underground comix pioneer, expected the same from his chronicler.
    Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2025
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“Concupiscent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/concupiscent. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.

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