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 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. — 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

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Noun

Her Valley girl howl will stop you in your tracks, proclaiming friendship, revolution, and, yeah, lust.

— Debby Wolfinsohn, Entertainment Weekly, 7 July 2026
Feelings from optimism to selfishness to lust are all neatly captured with song and dance.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 6 July 2026

Definition of lust

Noun

But no, instead he is forced to bro out with all the guys, worst of which is Charlie, whom Brooks understandably has zero desire to spend any time with whatsoever.

— Tom Smyth, Vulture, 9 July 2026
The bonus of birding For many birders, a growing appreciation for birds naturally leads to a desire to protect them.

— Lesly Gregory, AJC.com, 9 July 2026

Definition of desire

Noun

Piercing the sterility of contemporary life with the disruptive transgression of eroticism, Silver’s film features dreamy fantasy sequences that interrupt and disrupt, drawing us expertly into its characters’ sensual and unusual interiority.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 2 July 2026
In the dark comedy Maddie’s Secret, Early dissects the odd eroticism of online food content.

— Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 18 June 2026

Definition of eroticism

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