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also erotical
as in sexy
of, relating to, exciting, or expressing sexual attraction or desire
the erotic aspects of the story of Beauty and the Beast
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Recent Examples of erotic
Altman’s post also addressed a user complaint about the link between age-gates and erotic features.
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Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2025
There is an erotic frisson between Jeanne and Cristina throughout the movie despite their age difference and daughter-mother-like relationship.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 3 Oct. 2025
The story is one of impossible love, centering on two young Chinese women, high-school best friends in Shanghai in the nineteen-twenties whose relationship has an intense erotic current continuing into adulthood.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2025
Henrot transfigures her erotic source material into something else.
—Harmon Siegel, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
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Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2025
There is an erotic frisson between Jeanne and Cristina throughout the movie despite their age difference and daughter-mother-like relationship.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 3 Oct. 2025
The story is one of impossible love, centering on two young Chinese women, high-school best friends in Shanghai in the nineteen-twenties whose relationship has an intense erotic current continuing into adulthood.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2025
Henrot transfigures her erotic source material into something else.
—Harmon Siegel, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for erotic
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Illustration by Patricia Bolaños In today’s New York, dive bars are an increasingly rare species, steadily losing their place in the economic food chain to sexier establishments that are more amenable to influencers and their algorithms.—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
17 Oct. 2025
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The cutout unveiled a sexy bra that matched her underwear.—
Catherine Santino,
PEOPLE,
17 Oct. 2025
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His goal was to create a sensual yet minimalist refuge, where the architecture of the space would be the focus.—
Amir Capogrossi Badreddine,
Architectural Digest,
21 Oct. 2025
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Camille Rowe reunited with Reformation for the brand’s latest collaboration with the French model and actress, introducing a new, limited-edition collection of feminine styles and sensual separates.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Erotic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/erotic. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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