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or lubricous
as in passionate
having a strong sexual desire
played a lubricious soap opera character who was in multiple relationships
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Recent Examples of lubricious
Aside from Black’s deranged performance, the highlight of the film is Jennifer Coolidge, who plays a lubricious vice principal named Marlene.
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Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
The sensational engine gathers the car's haunches to spew you onto the following straights in great, lubricious spendings of energy.
—Larry Griffin, Car and Driver, 24 Apr. 2023
Pascal played lubricious movie star Dieter Bravo in Judd Apatow's semi-improvised comedy about a group of actors attempting to shoot a preposterous dinosaur movie during the pandemic.
—Clark Collis, EW.com, 19 Apr. 2022
For all of Sabbath’s lubricious opportunism, Drenka is his one love.
—The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2021
Born in Louisiana, Silver arrives with every noir mystery woman’s attendant clichés: a lubricious walk, a wad of cash in the bosom of her complicated lingerie, a languorous way of lighting cigarettes — and a gun.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 14 May 2018
Some of it is merely lubricious; some of it verges on the profound.
—Ben Brantley, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2017
Some of it is merely lubricious
—Ben Brantley, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2017
Between the administration's budget, and its lubricious impulse to monetize everything, if the glaciers disappear, the naming rights to Exxon-Mobil National Park and Energy Terminal will bring in millions.
—Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 24 May 2017
Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
The sensational engine gathers the car's haunches to spew you onto the following straights in great, lubricious spendings of energy.
—Larry Griffin, Car and Driver, 24 Apr. 2023
Pascal played lubricious movie star Dieter Bravo in Judd Apatow's semi-improvised comedy about a group of actors attempting to shoot a preposterous dinosaur movie during the pandemic.
—Clark Collis, EW.com, 19 Apr. 2022
For all of Sabbath’s lubricious opportunism, Drenka is his one love.
—The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2021
Born in Louisiana, Silver arrives with every noir mystery woman’s attendant clichés: a lubricious walk, a wad of cash in the bosom of her complicated lingerie, a languorous way of lighting cigarettes — and a gun.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 14 May 2018
Some of it is merely lubricious; some of it verges on the profound.
—Ben Brantley, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2017
Some of it is merely lubricious
—Ben Brantley, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2017
Between the administration's budget, and its lubricious impulse to monetize everything, if the glaciers disappear, the naming rights to Exxon-Mobil National Park and Energy Terminal will bring in millions.
—Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 24 May 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lubricious
Adjective
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But housing advocates have been just as passionate about wanting to see more affordable housing in this area, particularly for seniors.—
Randy Mastro,
New York Daily News,
24 June 2025
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Argentine clubs Boca Juniors and River Plate have drawn huge, passionate crowds that serenade their heroes before, during and after matches.—
Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
22 June 2025
Adjective
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Despite Benfica’s determination to preserve the core of a potentially special team, Fernandez returned to Portugal with Chelsea hot in pursuit.—
Liam Twomey,
New York Times,
28 June 2025
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Farmers are at the mercy of climate change, which can mean hotter days over longer periods, and unpredictable weather in the form of hurricanes, which can badly affect crops.—
Connie Ogle,
Miami Herald,
27 June 2025
Adjective
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Goggins, with many shirt buttons undone, is a libidinous waiter who takes his flirting with the mothers to extremes.—
Omar L. Gallaga,
Los Angeles Times,
11 May 2025
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Crumb, graphically honest in his work as a surrealistic, libidinous underground comix pioneer, expected the same from his chronicler.—
Chris Vognar,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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“Lubricious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lubricious. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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