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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
Wuthering Heights has the tunnel-vision horniness and girlish aesthetic sensibility of a high-school freshman who’s been assigned to read Brontë in class while tearing through a pile of explicit bodice-rippers under the covers at home.
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Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
9 Feb. 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.
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Sam Reed,
Glamour,
6 Jan. 2026
Deena is preoccupied by her romantic designs on Maddie and general horniness.
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Jourdain Searles,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Sep. 2025
Respectfully, the entire meat of the series is its indiscribable, inescapable, horniness.
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Ct Jones,
Rolling Stone,
11 Aug. 2025
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
9 Feb. 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for horniness
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Exploding The Weeknd’s shivery lust with the guttural churn of Deftones, this is toxic codependency music, the perfect soundtrack for Obsession if the movie were more tasteless.
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Politicians are still destroying the peace just for their own power lust.
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New York City’s fiscal year starts on July 1, Wednesday, and Mayor Mamdani must continue to resist the City Council’s desire to expand CityFHEPS housing vouchers.
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Trump-administration officials have made no secret of their desire to purge the United States of nonwhite immigrants.
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The real-life Space Camp at the US Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama, was a dream destination for any kid with an interest in science, math, and space exploration — the ultimate trip for tweens and teens with a passion for science and technology.
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Maybe World Cup visitors' passion for America's favorite condiment has reawakened some national pride here.
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In the dark comedy Maddie’s Secret, Early dissects the odd eroticism of online food content.
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The band leader Henriette Motzfeldt moves between violin and keys, and the synergy between the two, alongside their drummer and guitarist, is undeniable, drifting between woozy eroticism and a funky danceability.
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“Horniness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horniness. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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