HYPERSEXUAL Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

hypersexual

adjective

ˌhī-pər-ˈsek-sh(ə-)wəl

as in passionate

having a strong sexual desire typically users of crystal meth report that the powerful stimulant leaves them feeling hypersexual as well as euphoric

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Recent Examples of hypersexual Hyperbolic and hypersexual, lesbian pulp novels could famously be identified by their suggestive titles and salacious, punishing taglines. —

Trish Bendix august 21, Literary Hub, 21 Aug. 2025 Many people with hypersexual behaviors feel intense feelings of guilt and shame, which can affect their mental health.2 Experts aren’t sure what causes hypersexuality. —

Wendy Wisner, Health, 9 July 2025 Many Black women, fear confirming racist stereotypes that have historically painted them as hypersexual. —

Dominique Fluker, Essence, 18 June 2025 Since European expansion into the Americas, white people have demonized Black people and portrayed them as undesirable, violent and hypersexual. —

Char Newton, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2023 See All Example Sentences for hypersexual

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It was captured as monarch and his eldest son visited the Natural History Museum in London to kick off the countdown to COP30, the annual United Nations climate change summit to be held the following month in Brazil, as both are passionate advocates for the environment.

— Séraphine Roger, Vanity Fair, 21 June 2026
Alejandra Gomez, the executive director of the non-profit LUCHA, says that the moratorium emerged from the passionate advocacy of many Arizonans—and in the face of fierce counter-lobbying from the data center industry led by former Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema.

— Andrew R. Chow, Time, 19 June 2026