erotic
arousing or satisfying sexual desire: an erotic dance.
of, relating to, or treating of sexual love; amatory: an erotic novel.
subject to or marked by strong sexual desire.
an erotic poem.
an erotic person.
Origin of erotic
1Other words for erotic
Other words from erotic
- e·rot·i·cal·ly, adverb
- an·ti·e·rot·ic, adjective
- non·e·rot·ic, adjective
- non·e·rot·i·cal·ly, adverb
- pseu·do·e·rot·ic, adjective
- pseu·do·e·rot·i·cal·ly, adverb
- qua·si-e·rot·ic, adjective
- qua·si-e·rot·i·cal·ly, adverb
- un·e·rot·ic, adjective
Words that may be confused with erotic
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How to use erotic in a sentence
Perhaps this is progress, though it’s odd that, in 2021, we seem to live in a world where Lana and Lily Wachowski’s smart and wickedly erotic Bound seems never to have been made.
We Need More Female Villains Onscreen—But Not the Kind We Get in I Care a Lot | Stephanie Zacharek | February 19, 2021 | TimeIncredible, it was the erotic and devotional that struck me.
I always perceived that most people underestimated me, and proposing someone to collaborate with me on erotic photographs without receiving anything in return was complicated, and still is.
A non-binary Cuban artist is born again in Spain | Yariel Valdés González | October 16, 2020 | Washington BladeOne particular erotically charged scene between Silva and, yes, Bond, has caused some loyalists to nervously loosen their bowties.
Javier Bardem on Playing James Bond’s Latest Villain in ‘Skyfall’ | Kevin Fallon | November 8, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTBad writing that thinks that it is rendering an erotically charged depiction of good sex seems to be far more bathetic.
I loved that tension, thriving on it erotically while claiming I wanted to escape it.
Women are adepts at exploiting, for the purposes of the resistance, a tender, erotically tinged transference to the physician.
A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis | Sigmund FreudPeople suffering from lung disease are often erotically inclined, and anesthetics affect the breathing.
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 3 (of 6) | Havelock EllisThe blue light under which Graham had sat listening to the whispered appeal of Ita Strabosck fell softly and erotically upon them.
The Sins of the Children | Cosmo HamiltonNeurotically and erotically, he was hypersthetic, with a playful graciousness of character never surpassed.
The Letters of William James, Vol. II | William JamesI cannot tell how our romance will end, but it hath gone on hitherto most erotically.
Life of Lord Byron, Vol. IV | Thomas Moore
British Dictionary definitions for erotic
/ (ɪˈrɒtɪk) /
of, concerning, or arousing sexual desire or giving sexual pleasure
marked by strong sexual desire or being especially sensitive to sexual stimulation
a person who has strong sexual desires or is especially responsive to sexual stimulation
Origin of erotic
1Derived forms of erotic
- erotically, adverb
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