as in heat
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a person's desire to have sex
They have healthy libidos.
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Recent Examples of libido
In turn, that can increase your libido.
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Sam Manzella, Flow Space, 10 Sep. 2025
Cold, calculating, honey-tongued and libido-free, with only the occasional lie or hallucination.
—Ian Chaffee, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
That included testosterone, which is used to treat everything from low libido to bone health.
—Megan Rose, ProPublica, 12 Aug. 2025
What the researchers found was there were no serious side effects at any dose level, and hormones remained stable and libido was unchanged.
—New Atlas, 10 Aug. 2025
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Sam Manzella, Flow Space, 10 Sep. 2025
Cold, calculating, honey-tongued and libido-free, with only the occasional lie or hallucination.
—Ian Chaffee, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
That included testosterone, which is used to treat everything from low libido to bone health.
—Megan Rose, ProPublica, 12 Aug. 2025
What the researchers found was there were no serious side effects at any dose level, and hormones remained stable and libido was unchanged.
—New Atlas, 10 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for libido
Recent Examples of Synonyms for libido
Noun
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Without the trees, Smith said, the street is a beacon for scorching heat.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
3 Nov. 2025
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These fluids have lower critical heat flux (CHF) than water, limiting efficiency.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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But Mamdani also shares Obama’s desire to reach out to adversaries and be a unifying force in politics.—
Ben Adler,
USA Today,
2 Nov. 2025
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But all of these tropes, from the beard to the villain, are predicated on the idea that sexuality and desire are always legible on the body.—
Kelly Foster Lundquist,
PEOPLE,
2 Nov. 2025
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“Libido.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/libido. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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