hypersexual
adjective
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concupiscent, goatish, horny, hot, itchy, lascivious, lecherous, lewd, libidinous, licentious, lubricious (or lubricous), lustful, oversexed, passionate, randy, salacious, satyric, wanton
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Scientists advised against consuming hypersexual zombie cicadas infected with psychoactive fungus. — Rafil Kroll-zaidi, Harper's magazine, "Findings," 19 Aug. 2019 With the exception of Netflix鈥檚 quietly revelatory Dating Around, many dating shows with LGBTQ (and especially bisexual) contestants have treated them as hypersexual or prurient anomalies, as enigmas who are incapable of settling down. — Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, "The Slow, Messy Evolution of LGBTQ Dating Shows," 4 July 2019 Society may paint girls of color in certain ways: Loud, aggressive, hypersexual, greedy, angry, lazy, dumb. — Naomi Wadler, Teen Vogue, "Naomi Wadler on Standing in Her Power One Year After the March for Our Lives," 24 Mar. 2019 The performances would stereotype black men and women as ignorant, hypersexual, superstitious, lazy people who were prone to thievery and cowardice. — Jesse J. Holland, The Seattle Times, "Explaining the outrage: Racist history of American blackface began in the 1830s," 6 Feb. 2019 They鈥檙e pushed to be hypersexual, to always want it. — Suzannah Weiss, Harper's BAZAAR, "Don't Touch Me Just Because I'm Topless," 16 Oct. 2018 To be sure, there is a long and inglorious history of false cross-racial accusations that led to lynching as well as enduring racist stereotypes about black men as innately violent and hypersexual. — Treva B. Lindsey, Vox, "Bill Cosby鈥檚 guilty verdict was made possible by decades of activism by black women," 26 Apr. 2018 Toxic masculinity is a set of harmful behavior patterns rooted in patriarchy in which men are hypersexual, misogynistic, homophobic, violent and unemotional. — Monique Judge, The Root, "Nipsey Hussle, Homophobia and Toxic Black Masculinity," 10 Jan. 2018 Add to this pornographic films, which have done more not only to objectify women, but also to give men who view them the idea that women are hypersexual and welcome their advances. — The Washington Post, OregonLive.com, "Republicans to maintain top tax rate for wealthiest Americans in last-minute change," 31 Oct. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'hypersexual.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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