HORNINESS Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

horniness

noun

as in lust

intense sexual desire another movie comedy that celebrates the unbridled horniness of the teenage boy

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frigidity

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 movie boasts entirely original characters, Lovecraftian vibes, a young Brad Pitt, and explicit horniness. — James Grebey, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026 Rich might have been afraid of putting too much explanatory weight on a writer’s existential boredom (or horniness). — Literary Hub, 16 July 2026 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. — Sam Reed, Glamour, 6 Jan. 2026 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

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Noun

Groff’s writing is always transcendent, and her prose is especially on display in Matrix’s passages of holy visions, bodily lust, and political power.

— James Folta, Literary Hub, 5 Oct. 2026
The gorgeous 16-track set explores grief, passion, hope, lust and reflection across four movements, featuring a bevy of special guests, including Thundercat, Steve Lacy, DRAM, Westside Gunn, Kamasi Washington, Earl Sweatshirt and more.

— Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of lust

Noun

Trump has expressed his desire to acquire Greenland since 2019 and, during his second term, issued threats to seize the territory from Denmark, a NATO ally.

— Stefanie Dazio, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
Gray Wielebinski’s new site-specific Production (2026) will transform the fair’s public toilets into an intimate olfactory environment, where scent, bodily function, privacy, desire, and surveillance will converge.

— Jade Wilson, ARTnews.com, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of desire

Noun

Acting was his guiding passion, but his deep love for the avant-garde helped till the ground for the city’s theatrical renaissance that the 1984 Olympic Arts Festival catalyzed.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
The comedian's passion for burgers goes well beyond punchlines.

— Peter Burke, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026

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