FETISHISTIC Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

fetishistic

adjective

Definition of fetishistic

as in pornographic

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Recent Examples of fetishistic Indeed, the first half of the film assumes the fetishistic edge of a humiliation ritual. — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 14 Apr. 2026 Although the clothes were Medieval in inspiration, they were given a fetishistic twist with garter belts, fishnet stockings, and lacy bras. — Kevin Huynh, InStyle, 12 Mar. 2026 Yet somehow, none of these images come off as overdone or fetishistic. — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 21 Nov. 2025 For Twigs, who has spent much of 2025 testing the limits of scale and fetishistic form, the stiletto reads as both archival and corrective — a pivot into sleekness at a show designed to reframe Ford’s legacy for a new era. — Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2025

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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

In October 2025, Morris pleaded guilty to five counts of lewd and indecent acts with a child and was sentenced to six months in the Osage County, Oklahoma, jail.

— Giles Hudson, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2026
So did the school officials in the rural community of Howard City who told the brothers to change, citing rules prohibiting clothing with indecent messages.

— Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of indecent

Adjective

Being outdoors, they’re exposed to all sorts of dust, pollen, dirt, bird droppings, spider webs, leaves, sap, weather, and pollutants carried by the wind, which can leave a filthy coating on your shutters.

— Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 4 Aug. 2026
Cleaning our planet’s filthy ports could one day get a boost from a creature with a very messy nickname.

— Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 30 July 2026

Definition of filthy

Adjective

Her world is a Saturday morning cartoon crossed with a smutty joke.

— Jeremy Lybarger, Artforum, 2 June 2026
The first season of the series, based on Elle Kennedy’s smutty YA romance The Deal, follows Briar University juniors Hannah and Garrett, who pretend to date before their feelings for each other get all too real.

— Kenneal Patterson, Vanity Fair, 29 May 2026

Definition of smutty

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

Driver Harjit Kaur was charged only with misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter without gross negligence — a maximum one-year sentence — and has pleaded not guilty and demanded a trial.

— Ruyuan Li. Story produced with AI assistance, Sacbee.com, 7 Aug. 2026
The company also forecasted that its gross merchandise sales would grow by mid-single-digit percentage points for the full year, marking an upward revision of its previous forecast.

— Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 7 Aug. 2026

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