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Recent Examples of oversexed Behold the wholesome, impressionable child star from Pennsylvania who went from placing third in The Next Miley Cyrus Project in 2008 to molding art and body to meet an oversexed societal mandate. Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025 Carpenter, too, somehow seems both sexless and oversexed. Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2025 In the film, Earth’s rocky next-door neighbor is in a bit of a crisis: After a literal battle of the sexes, Martian men are dying out, leaving the domineering and oversexed Martian women in a terrible state. Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2025 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for oversexed
Adjective
  • Miller is passionate about empowering others by providing information on the connection between physical health, lifestyle choices, and mental well-being.
    Nia Bowers, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Kaif Shaikh Kaif Shaikh is a journalist and writer passionate about turning complex information into clear, impactful stories.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Use hot sausage or chicken sausage for a different flavor profile.
    Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The semiconductor firm, whose AI chips have been a hot item for those involved in the artificial intelligence world, has been considered the number one among tech analysts and investors.
    John Navin, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 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
  • Their libidinous preoccupations, like those of the protagonists of Superbad, Booksmart and more recently Bottoms, are familiar.
    Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 3 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • This Mary is horny, drunk, and completely belligerent about her dream of being a cabaret star.
    CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2025
  • All those great ‘70s horny classics that are perverse classics were all censored.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 21 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • There is nothing quite so sluttish, apparently, as a lustful pistil.
    Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2025
  • He’s got a strong, if not particularly nuanced, voice that served him well over the lustful screams from the audience, which was heavy on young women and families.
    Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 23 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Bagci remains held without bail on four felony counts of lewd and lascivious acts with a child younger than 14 by force or fear, the Sheriff’s Office announced Thursday.
    Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The six-person jury, made up of five men and one woman, convicted Ramos-Aviles of three of seven lewd and lascivious molestation charges for each of the three victims.
    Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Meanwhile, Bull winds up in an unintended liaison with the randy Molasses (Michelle Buteau), which proves unfortunate when Honey unexpectedly bursts in on them.
    Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2025
  • And Floria most certainly doesn’t indulge in any of the hanky-panky in elevators and storerooms of the kind that the randy staffers in Grey’s Anatomy wallow in.
    Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 2 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • After finding some maps in the study — and after withstanding another near-miss with the lecherous Simon — Julia makes a break for it one evening.
    Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Anderson's Jennifer was the heart of the fictional WKRP, providing morale, gusto, and endlessly ebullient enthusiasm in an environment dominated by cynical, sometimes lecherous men.
    Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 4 Aug. 2025

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“Oversexed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oversexed. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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