prurient
21prurient — Synonyms and related words: Cyprian, Fescennine, Paphian, agape, agog, all agog, animal, aphrodisiomaniacal, athirst, bawdy, blue, burning with curiosity, carnal, clitoromaniacal, coarse, concupiscent, consumed with curiosity, consumed with… …
22prurient — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. lewd, obscene (see impurity). II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. lustful, lewd, libidinous, salacious, lascivious, sexual, lecherous, *horny, carnal. ANT.: prudish, puritanical, prim III (Roget s… …
23prurient — pru·ri·ent || prÊŠ(r)É™rɪənt adj. lustful, licentious, obsessed with sex; causing lustful thoughts or behavior, encouraging licentiousness …
24prurient — a. Itching, longing, desiring, hankering, craving, lustful, covetous …
25prurient — adjective formal too strongly interested in sex pruriently adverb prurience noun (U) …
26prurient — adj 1. lascivious, lewd, lecherous, lubricous, Archaic. lickerish, satyric, satyrical, satyrlike, hircine, goatish, ruttish, Sl. horny; lustful, randy, Sl. hot or hot for; concupiscent, libidinous, salacious; fleshly, carnal, sensual, voluptuous …
27prurient — pru·ri·ent …
28prurient — /ˈpruriənt / (say proohreeuhnt) adjective 1. inclined to or characterised by lascivious thought. 2. morbidly uneasy, as desire or longing. 3. itching. 4. Botany causing itching. {Latin prūriens, present participle, itching} –prurience, pruriency …
29prurient — a. having indecent desires; lascivious; curious about lewd subjects. ♦ prurience, n …
30prurient — adj. 1 having an unhealthy obsession with sexual matters. 2 encouraging such an obsession. Derivatives: prurience n. pruriency n. pruriently adv. Etymology: L prurire itch, be wanton …
