as in passionate
having a strong sexual desire
in her view, "teenage boys are perpetually horny"
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Recent Examples of horny
In simple terms, 2024 has been a very horny year onscreen.
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Louis Staples, Rolling Stone, 23 Dec. 2024
Of course, her new leaf still looks suspiciously like her old one — the goal of her study is to prove that women are just as horny as men.
—Christina Grace Tucker, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2024
As the host of Call Her Daddy, the 30-year-old has become the young, horny, normie, glossy-lipped white woman’s Joe Rogan.
—Brock Colyar, Vulture, 16 Dec. 2024
That level of sentiment would be tough to maintain if a show about such fundamentally horny, stupid people planned to last for several more years.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 16 Dec. 2024
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Louis Staples, Rolling Stone, 23 Dec. 2024
Of course, her new leaf still looks suspiciously like her old one — the goal of her study is to prove that women are just as horny as men.
—Christina Grace Tucker, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2024
As the host of Call Her Daddy, the 30-year-old has become the young, horny, normie, glossy-lipped white woman’s Joe Rogan.
—Brock Colyar, Vulture, 16 Dec. 2024
That level of sentiment would be tough to maintain if a show about such fundamentally horny, stupid people planned to last for several more years.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 16 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for horny
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The tight retails for $118, and comes in such colors as black, desert red, passionate pink, lavender lux, magenta smoke, washed denim, true navy, espresso, Army green and solar gray.—
Lisa Lockwood,
WWD,
11 Feb. 2025
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An active member of the Society of American Travel Writers, Alexandra Owens is passionate about writing stories that highlight the power and potential of responsible ecotourism.—
Alexandra Owens,
AFAR Media,
10 Feb. 2025
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The lady from New York, their big thing was called white hot hot dogs — really unique, smaller, and a larger ring bologna diameter.—
Kristine M. Kierzek,
Journal Sentinel,
15 Feb. 2025
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Spicy foods, caffeine, hot drinks, and alcohol can contribute to overheating.5 Evidence suggests that diets rich in phytoestrogens—plant compounds that act similarly to the hormone estrogen—may help balance hormone levels and ease hot flashes.—
Sarah Jividen,
Health,
15 Feb. 2025
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However, Orlok is secretly an agent of evil who haunts Hutter’s new wife Ellen (Lily-Rose Depp) into lustful submission.—
Rudie Obias,
The Hollywood Reporter,
22 Jan. 2025
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Furthermore, the film hinges on the passionate, lustful romance between Fiennes and Mol, a fire that supposedly burns for over 14 years, but the palpable lack of chemistry between the two leads renders the love story completely ineffective.—
Vikram Murthi,
Vulture,
21 Jan. 2025
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“Horny.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horny. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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