A desire for sexual intimacy.
synonyms: eros, physical attraction, sexual desire.
Roget 865:
desire,
wish,
fancy,
fantasy;
want,
need,
exigency.
mind,
inclination,
leaning,
bent,
animus,
partiality,
penchant,
predilection;
propensity
etc.
820;
willingness
etc.
602;
liking,
love,
fondness,
relish.
longing,
hankering,
inkling;
solicitude,
anxiety;
yearning,
coveting;
aspiration,
ambition,
vaulting ambition;
eagerness,
zeal,
ardor,
empressement [Fr.],
breathless impatience,
overanxiety;
impetuosity,
etc.
825.
appetite,
appetition†,
appetence†,
appetency†;
sharp appetite,
keenness,
hunger,
stomach,
twist;
thirst,
thirstiness;
drouth,
mouthwatering;
itch,
itching;
prurience,
cacoethes [Lat.],
cupidity,
lust,
concupiscence.
edge of appetite,
edge of hunger;
torment of Tantalus;
sweet tooth,
lickerish tooth†;
itching palm;
longing eye,
wistful eye,
sheep's eye.
[excessive desire for money]
greed
etc.
817.1.
voracity
etc.
(gluttony)
957.
passion,
rage,
furore†,
mania,
manie†;
inextinguishable desire;
dipsomania,
kleptomania.
[Person who desires]
lover,
amateur,
votary,
devotee,
aspirant,
solicitant,
candidate,
applicant,
supplicant;
cormorant
etc.
957.
[Object of desire]
desideratum;
want
etc.
(requirement)
630;
a consummation devoutly to be wished;"
attraction,
magnet,
allurement,
fancy,
temptation,
seduction,
fascination,
prestige,
height of one's ambition,
idol;
whim,
whimsy,
whimsey†;
maggot;
hobby,
hobby-horse.
Fortunatus's cap;
wishing cap,
wishing stone,
wishing well.
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Roget 961:
impurity;
uncleanness
etc.
(filth)
653;
immodesty;
grossness
etc.
adj.;
indelicacy,
indecency;
impudicity†;
obscenity,
ribaldry,
Fescennine,
smut,
bawdry†,
double entente,
equivoque [Fr.].
concupiscence,
lust,
carnality,
flesh,
salacity;
pruriency,
lechery,
lasciviency†,
lubricity;
Sadism,
sapphism†.
incontinence,
intrigue,
faux pas [Fr.];
amour,
amourette†;
gallantry;
debauchery,
libertinish†,
libertinage†,
fornication;
liaison;
wenching,
venery,
dissipation.
seduction;
defloration,
defilement,
abuse,
violation,
rape;
incest.
prostitution,
social evil,
harlotry,
stupration†,
whoredom,
concubinage,
cuckoldom†,
adultery,
advoutry†,
crim.
con. ;
free love.
seraglio,
harem;
brothel,
bagnio†,
stew,
bawdyhouse†,
cat house,
lupanar†,
house of ill fame,
bordel†,
bordello.
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Roget 374a:
sex,
sexuality,
gender;
male,
masculinity,
maleness
etc.
373;
female,
femininity
etc.
374.
sexual intercourse,
copulation,
mating,
coitus,
sex;
lovemaking,
marital relations,
sexual union;
sleeping together,
carnal knowledge.
sex instinct,
sex drive,
libido,
lust,
concupiscence;
hots,
horns [Coll.];
arousal,
heat,
rut,
estrus,
oestrus;
tumescence;
erection,
hard-on,
boner.
masturbation,
self-gratification,
autoeroticism,
onanism,
self-abuse.
orgasm,
climax,
ejaculation.
sexiness,
attractiveness;
sensuality,
voluptuousness.
[sexual intercourse outside of marriage]
fornication,
adultery.
[person who is sexy]
sex symbol,
sex goddess;
stud,
hunk.
one-night stand.
pornography,
porn,
porno;
hardcore pornography,
softcore pornography;
pin-up,
cheesecake;
beefcake;
[magazines with sexual photos],
Playboy,
Esquire,
Hustler.
[unorthodox sexual activity]
perversion,
deviation,
sexual abnormality;
fetish,
fetishism;
homosexuality,
lesbianism,
bisexuality;
sodomy,
buggery;
pederasty;
sadism.
masochism,
sado-masochism;
incest.
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Dutch: zondige begeerte, begeerte, zinnelijkheid, sensualiteit, geilheid, drift, wellust
Polish: pociąg fizyczny, pożądanie, chuć, żądza, zmysły, ciągoty, pożądliwość