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Synonyms & Antonyms of prurient
formal + usually disapproving
having or showing too much interest in sex
- He took a prurient interest in their personal life.
- a book that appealed to the prurient curiosity of its readers
Synonyms and Near Synonyms for prurient
- dirty,
- filthy,
- gutter,
- indecent,
- lascivious,
- locker-room,
- nasty,
- obscene,
- pornographic,
- porny,
- raunchy,
- smutty,
- stag,
- unprintable,
- unpublishable,
- warm,
- X-rated
Antonyms and Near Antonyms for prurient
- priggish,
- prim,
- prudish,
- puritanical,
- staid,
- straitlaced
- (or straightlaced),
- Victorian
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The first known use of prurient was in 1592
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