as in passionate
having a strong sexual desire
such was Giacomo Casanova's notoriety as a promiscuous lover that his name became an epithet for a concupiscent man of the world
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Adjective
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The greatest scientists of any age have always been those most passionate about their field — most drawn to the transcendence reflected in their studies — those whose lives were as great as their work.—
Linda McMahon,
The Orlando Sentinel,
6 July 2025 -
And although the show was fairly undersold, the band's passionate fanbase was rewarded with a great spectacle of a show.—
Cal Roach,
jsonline.com,
5 July 2025
Adjective
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Without a hot fastball, even as a tease pitch, the tightrope becomes slimmer.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 July 2025
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Ahead of the show, Kardashian arrived in Paris for a fitting, turning heads in a hot pink figure-hugging dress with a plunging halter neckline and cutout detail.—
Catherine Santino,
People.com,
9 July 2025
Adjective
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Rather than being lustful or playful, there’s a nervousness and a discomfort about her.—
Jesse David Fox,
Vulture,
17 Dec. 2024
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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
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That which is forbidden sits at the forefront of the New Zealand singer’s latest, which is full of horny, angry, and confused misery.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
27 June 2025
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Which is to say, of course teen movies reflect the times in which they are made and society’s contemporaneous understanding of what Kids Today are like (wholesome or delinquent, risk-taking or anxious, horny or … horny).—
Lisa Schwarzbaum,
New York Times,
31 May 2025
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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
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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 12 Jul. 2025.
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