LIBIDINOUSNESS Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words | Merriam-Webster Thesaurus

libidinousness

noun

as in desire

sexual appetite an expression of raging libidinousness that would have been worthy of a whole company of soldiers

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Noun

Ellen displays intimacy with Lara in front of Ruby; Lara withholds and then offers attention; Ruby watches with envy, desire, and the alertness of a guest who cannot tell whether she is being welcomed or appraised.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2026
Produced by Sergio Adrià’s Espurna Films, with Sandra Hermida on board as co-producer, the film centers on 17-year-old Clara, whose desire to be seen and loved is complicated by a growing impulse to escape the expectations surrounding her.

— Callum McLennan, Variety, 23 Sep. 2026

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But the Philharmonic’s actual principal trumpet player, Chris Martin (no relation to the Coldplay singer), says Dudamel has a natural instinct for when to pivot from engineering to philosophy, passion, and metaphor.

— Justin Davidson, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026
Where the series worked backwards from the bomb to uncover the botched grand plan behind it, the film loopily joins the dots from an apparent crime of passion to a far more famous crime of greed.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 17 Sep. 2026

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