as in passionate
having a strong sexual desire
a raunchy movie comedy featuring the usual assortment of oversexed teenagers hoping to lose their virginity
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Recent Examples of oversexed
There’s something about this oversexed, dead-eyed chaos agent of a narrative persona working through the most toxic relationships that compels me endlessly.
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Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
The writing is variously winking, earnest, desperate, oversexed, and ambitious.
—Adrienne Lafrance, The Atlantic, 24 Oct. 2025
Elvis balked about recording the oversexed song.
—Kim Willis, USA Today, 20 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
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
The writing is variously winking, earnest, desperate, oversexed, and ambitious.
—Adrienne Lafrance, The Atlantic, 24 Oct. 2025
Elvis balked about recording the oversexed song.
—Kim Willis, USA Today, 20 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for oversexed
Adjective
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But the Seahawks and their passionate fans will take it; this title represents Seattle's second Super Bowl triumph and exacts a measure of revenge for the heart-wrenching, last-second defeat in Super Bowl 49.—
Jim Reineking,
USA Today,
9 Feb. 2026
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Adler was a particularly passionate crusader against the scourge of child labor.—
Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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But the audience size showed that a hot musical act could attract a significant chunk of the audience already gathered to watch the game.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2026
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At this stage in its evolution, the central star, the one that’s contracting down on its way to becoming a white dwarf, is only slightly hotter than the Sun is.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
11 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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According to some of the horniest TV shows of the past year, the answer is yes.—
Sam Reed,
Glamour,
29 Jan. 2026
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Is this just wish fulfillment for horny old widowers?—
Ben Rosenstock,
Vulture,
18 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Everyone—libidinous kids and adults alike—is alienated and groping for distraction, until tragedy strikes.—
The Atlantic Culture Desk,
The Atlantic,
21 Dec. 2025
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Much of the credit should be shared by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, who wrote and produced this libidinous holiday rocker with Elvis in mind.—
Ed Masley,
AZCentral.com,
4 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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Yes, Netflix's Regency-era romance drama (Season 4 Part 1 now streaming) has returned for a new year of lustful glances, hopelessly star-crossed lovers and absolutely absurd balls for a fourth go-round, this time with a story all about the second Bridgerton son, Benedict (Luke Thompson).—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
29 Jan. 2026
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Just don’t make the mistake of thinking that all the girls from 20 to 54 who haven’t glanced in your direction in 25 years are suddenly going to swoon with lustful gazes.—
Oc Register,
Oc Register,
18 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Initially arrested on multiple counts of lewd and lascivious battery of a victim between 12 and 16 years old, he was charged in January with two more counts, both charges of possession of child pornography, court records show.—
Angie DiMichele,
Sun Sentinel,
4 Feb. 2026
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One of them, Marcelino Olguin, also pleaded guilty to lewd and lascivious acts on a child under 14 and was sentenced to seven years in state prison.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Kruger, who was so much fun as a randy noblewoman in HBO Max’s French-language Dangerous Liaisons riff The Seduction, captures Jess’ neuroses without going full antivax harpy.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
10 Dec. 2025
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In fact, every drama student who wants to fully understand the randy old Norwegian man of letters should check out the Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios film now streaming on Prime Video.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
4 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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On both page and stage, Benedict attends a party where Sophie is working, defends her against her lecherous employer, then whisks them both away to his cottage, where Benedict recovers from an injury sustained in the confrontation.—
Savannah Walsh,
Vanity Fair,
30 Jan. 2026
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The song eventually escalates into a lecherous, breathless, glittering climax of incandescent synthesizers and melodic moans—an erotic asphyxiation depicted as utterly glorious.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Jan. 2026
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“Oversexed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oversexed. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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