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as in lust
intense sexual desire
another movie comedy that celebrates the unbridled horniness of the teenage boy
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as in desire
sexual appetite
a drug that promises to provide a man the horniness of one half his age
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Recent Examples of horniness
The latter's exceptionally epic run during season 5 displayed the kind of reckless flair and horniness not seen on television since Samantha Jones—another PR maven from the mind of Darren Star—sashayed out of our lives with the final Sex and the City film in 2010.
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Sam Reed, Glamour, 6 Jan. 2026
Produced two years after Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein shares a few things — lush production values, fidelity to the novel, ambient horniness — with its predecessor.
—Katie Rife, Vulture, 9 Nov. 2025
Deena is preoccupied by her romantic designs on Maddie and general horniness.
—Jourdain Searles, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025
Respectfully, the entire meat of the series is its indiscribable, inescapable, horniness.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 11 Aug. 2025
Sam Reed, Glamour, 6 Jan. 2026
Produced two years after Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein shares a few things — lush production values, fidelity to the novel, ambient horniness — with its predecessor.
—Katie Rife, Vulture, 9 Nov. 2025
Deena is preoccupied by her romantic designs on Maddie and general horniness.
—Jourdain Searles, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025
Respectfully, the entire meat of the series is its indiscribable, inescapable, horniness.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 11 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for horniness
Noun
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That can lead to stylistic compromises that derail the lust factor for buyers.—
William Roberson,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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However, the true romantic highlight of Season 4 thus far is the burgeoning lust, yearning and flirtation Lady Violet shares with Lord Marcus Anderson (Daniel Francis).—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
29 Jan. 2026
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This follows a general trend of people reporting less desire to get married and have families at a young age.—
Rachel Hale,
USA Today,
31 Jan. 2026
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Born from Raimi’s desire to make a movie about pulp hero the Shadow before he was denied the rights by Universal, Darkman is an original creation, starring Liam Neeson as a scientist who is disfigured in a mob attack and given superpowers thanks to an experimental treatment.—
James Grebey,
Vulture,
31 Jan. 2026
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Schemmel’s passion these days is working as an ambassador and chief fundraiser for Best Day Ministries in downtown Longmont.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
31 Jan. 2026
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If Boca Championship Wrestling sounds like an unusual passion project for a real-estate broker, Maschler is quick to explain the overlap.—
Jason Phillips,
USA Today,
31 Jan. 2026
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This is eroticism without prurience.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
13 Jan. 2026
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Likewise, the intensely retrograde gender politics—and the text’s out-of-control, onanistic eroticism—seem fairly personal and specific.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Dec. 2025
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“Horniness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horniness. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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