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Recent Examples of oversexed Angela is a bad mother who is oversexed and spoiled by her new husband. Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 19 Nov. 2024 Wentworth plays a loving yet oversexed, no-filter mom; infusing the character with her signature candor and admits to aspiring to make her onscreen daughter as uncomfortable as possible for the sake of comedy. Xian Horn, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024 The show, a Ryan Murphy production, lasted only two seasons, but Powell’s performance as an oversexed college student turned heads. Brooks Barnes, New York Times, 7 June 2024 Embedded in the dangerous, oversexed bad boy rock ‘n roll package is an irrepressible sense of humor that feels like Idol is making fun of himself over anyone else. Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 15 Dec. 2023 The image of Chaplin the man had become virtually the inverse of the Tramp’s: oversexed, ungenerous, anti-American. Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2023 There was no one like me in his classroom, not the oversexed women with their careful, edited looks, not the punk and post-punk kids. Hazlitt, 10 May 2023 Any relationship to today’s agitated, oversexed, hyper-political black showbiz is undetectable. Armond White, National Review, 18 May 2022 This extends to cultural productions, where the reality of a Black person’s life often takes a back seat to myriad stereotypes: the Tragic Mulatto, the Uncle Tom, the minstrel fool, the oversexed harlot and the caring mammy, to name only a few. Ismail Muhammad, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for oversexed
Adjective
  • Gabriella is a cousin of King Charles through her father Prince Michael's side of the family and a passionate musician who played an advisory role around the musical performances for Kate's Together at Christmas carol service in December at Westminster Abbey.
    Janine Henni, People.com, 19 May 2025
  • It’s been possible, but hard to find Fettercairn from independent bottlers in the United States, and those who seek it out are passionate about it, Boice said.
    Gina Pace, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
Adjective
  • And the doctors who don’t say that are just jealous of your hot little baby.
    Megan Amram, New Yorker, 22 May 2025
  • Pour hot cream over chocolate chips in a large heatproof mixing bowl; let stand 3 minutes.
    Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 22 May 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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
Adjective
  • Diaz is accompanied by an immortal knight, a resourceful swashbuckler, an elderly vampire, a horny werewolf and an elf who can turn invisible (using a power that reminded me of Doli from The Prydain Chronicles).
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025
  • Carmen’s horny, boundary-bulldozing roommate Hailee (the mononymous actor Holmes), who’s more of an accent than a model for others to follow.
    Alison Herman, Variety, 15 May 2025
Adjective
  • The lustful reggaeton-bachata song about a twisted love affair would shock fans upon its release in the spring of 2005.
    Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2025
  • One of my obsessions is the hip-hop love song, and how the exaggerated, theatrical, and lustful nature of the genre makes for some of the realest and funniest depictions of catching feelings.
    Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 2 May 2025
Adjective
  • Norman Riemer, 54, was arrested on April 30 and is facing five counts of lewd or lascivious molestation against a victim under the age of 12.
    Angie DiMichele, Sun Sentinel, 6 May 2025
  • He was convicted of two counts of human trafficking and three counts of lewd and lascivious conduct with girls under 16.
    Charles Rabin, Miami Herald, 5 May 2025
Adjective
  • Another member of the household who just happens to be passing by in one of the residence’s many hallways is Nadja, whose attraction to randy Englishmen seems to cross generational boundaries as well.
    Katie Rife, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2024
  • Bernadette’s unexpected arrival suggests that being randy runs in the family.
    Lisa Kennedy, The Denver Post, 19 Sep. 2024
Adjective
  • While some online trolls criticized the actress' appearance, other observers rushed to her defense, calling out the comments' lecherous and misogynistic overtones and reproaching the invasion of privacy represented by the photos themselves.
    Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 14 Dec. 2024
  • American baritone Titus Muzzi III makes his LVO debut in the title role of the swaggering, lecherous nobleman whose proud and stubborn defiance of authority leads to his spectacular and fiery demise.
    Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2025

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“Oversexed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oversexed. Accessed 27 May. 2025.

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