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
On the left, Anderson trots out stock characters — the oversexed Black woman revolutionary, Leo's cuckolded white stoner, doctrinaire newcomers — from a Bob Hope skit about hippies.
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Gustavo Arellano, Houston Chronicle, 25 Mar. 2026
On the left, Anderson trots out stock characters — the oversexed Black woman revolutionary, Leo’s cuckolded white stoner, doctrinaire newcomers — from a Bob Hope skit about hippies.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2026
Edward’s younger brother Robert (Lukas Gage) spends his days doing little but pining most inappropriately for the attentions of eldest sibling Jack (Jamie Bell), while the stunted, oversexed energy of lone sister Anna (Riley Keough) spits in all directions.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 14 Feb. 2026
And Matt Bromley, the oversexed and undershamed executive of Pose.
—Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 12 Feb. 2026
There’s something about this oversexed, dead-eyed chaos agent of a narrative persona working through the most toxic relationships that compels me endlessly.
—Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Vulture, 1 Dec. 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
Gustavo Arellano, Houston Chronicle, 25 Mar. 2026
On the left, Anderson trots out stock characters — the oversexed Black woman revolutionary, Leo’s cuckolded white stoner, doctrinaire newcomers — from a Bob Hope skit about hippies.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2026
Edward’s younger brother Robert (Lukas Gage) spends his days doing little but pining most inappropriately for the attentions of eldest sibling Jack (Jamie Bell), while the stunted, oversexed energy of lone sister Anna (Riley Keough) spits in all directions.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 14 Feb. 2026
And Matt Bromley, the oversexed and undershamed executive of Pose.
—Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 12 Feb. 2026
There’s something about this oversexed, dead-eyed chaos agent of a narrative persona working through the most toxic relationships that compels me endlessly.
—Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Vulture, 1 Dec. 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for oversexed
Adjective
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Malinin, at the post-skate press conference following his world title victory, made his thoughts known in a passionate plea to the ISU (International Skating Union).—
Tyler Erzberger,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Mar. 2026
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Fans are going to be passionate.—
Joe Davidson,
Sacbee.com,
29 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The play, like the movie, is loosely based on a robbery that took place in 1972, on a boiling-hot August day, when an eccentric, deep-in-debt Vietnam veteran named John Wojtowicz entered a Chase bank in Brooklyn with a gun and two accomplices, hoping for a quick score.—
Emily Nussbaum,
New Yorker,
2 Apr. 2026
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Rather than offering just the standard facials and massages (which are also on the menu), the spa has red and blue light therapy and a treatment where guests can alternate between a hot sauna and a cold plunge.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Over beats as blunt, chromatic, and gleefully stupid as a Jeff Koons sculpture, the singer has vied to make hyperpop more garish and alarming by being hornier, messier, and more extreme than her peers.—
Harry Tafoya,
Pitchfork,
2 Apr. 2026
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After all, there’s no shortage of horny mid-life women on screen and in literature these days, from Nicole Kidman’s Romy in Babygirl to the narrator of Miranda July’s All Fours.—
Rebecca Cope,
Vogue,
7 Mar. 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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This Valentine’s Day, why not treat yourself to a perfume that beckons lustful strangers in a way not seen since Monica Bellucci at that Sicilian piazza in Malèna.—
Air Mail,
Air Mail,
14 Feb. 2026
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The two admit to having always loved each other (that's not a spoiler; the book is nearly 200 years old) and begin a steamy, lustful affair.—
Amanda Luberto,
AZCentral.com,
11 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Joseph was first arrested on March 18 on charges of lewd and lascivious molestation of a victim less than 12 years old and lewd and lascivious behavior conducted by a person 18 years or older.—
Kathleen Perricone,
Entertainment Weekly,
3 Apr. 2026
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Joseph, 31, also faces charges of lewd and lascivious molestation of a child under 12 and lewd and lascivious contact.—
Lauryn Overhultz,
FOXNews.com,
3 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Spending two-plus hours of quality time with a randy demon and his dead compadres turns out to be fun.—
Jim Higgins,
jsonline.com,
4 Mar. 2026
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Once a floor supervisor took over the call then those randy, rowdy voices would settle down, usually.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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While the largely old, rich, white, male, and lecherous guests digest, Yasmin brings out some young, poor, powerless but ambitious girls for them to prey on.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
2 Mar. 2026
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In other words, Dracula has come a long way from his days as a lecherous, old creep, a shift that can be attributed, in part, to evolving attitudes on love, gender and sexuality.—
Stanley Stepanic,
The Conversation,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Oversexed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oversexed. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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