turned on
35
7.9
- phrasal verb
- /tɜrnd ɑn/
- NSFW
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excitado
- So you you have a sexual fantasy and you're turned on by yourself as a woman, right?
And I'm always happy to see people turned on by Aristotle.
- And I'm always happy to see people turned on by Aristotle.
- And and women are not turned on by neediness there.
- Second one is sensual, so you're turned on when all the senses are ignited.
- And when they watch porn, I think they've probably been turned on by men.
- You're letting him know that you're a woman who gets turned on.
- So maybe you see Lisa walk in the room and you are spontaneously turned on.
- Good work now I mean, I'm turned on POW.
- It's better to say you are more turned on and intrigued by men who have it you, you, you.
Examples
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And I'm not afraid to tell you I have not been that turned on in years.
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I don't know why I'm getting turned on.
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I like it when you turned on, baby.
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Are you getting turned on?
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But I was so turned on.
Fiction book (1999) -
As he started running his hand over her butt, she got even more turned on.
Fiction book (2001) -
One night, she wakes up and is incredibly turned on by the whole thing.
Blog text (28) -
I can't believe how turned on you were, how industrious he was.
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You're really turned on, aren't you, Andrew?
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After a romantic dinner, I was really turned on by the chemistry we shared.
Synonyms
193
7.2
Feeling a strong desire for sex
20
7.2
Showing strong sexual desire or causing sexual excitement
2
8.4
Feeling sexually excited and physically attracted to someone
1
6.6
Feeling sexual excitement or desire
1
8.7
Feeling strong desire to have sex
Feeling a strong desire for sex
How Aroused
Surface Forms
Morphology
turned + on
The literal sense 'switched on/activated' follows directly from combining 'turn' (turned) with 'on' and would be transparent to a learner who knows the constituents. The sexual meaning is a metaphorical extension (being 'activated' or 'aroused') and relies on idiomatic/pragmatic knowledge that is not fully predictable from the parts, so a B1 learner who only knows the words may not reliably infer this sense.
Etymology
Turned on may come from the image of a light or machine being turned on. So, when a person is turned on, their desire or interest is like a switch that has been 'switched on' and they are 'sexually excited'.