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orgasm

orgasm

115 6.7
A brief moment of very strong pleasure during sex with body changes
  • noun
  • /ˈɔrɡæzəm/
  • Offensive
translation icon : orgasmo
  • Practicing mindfulness can help some people achieve a more fulfilling orgasm.
  • sexual arousal and orgasm
  • orgasm and sexual behavior
  • frequency of orgasm

That's how human beings achieve orgasm and have really good sex.

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Examples

  • The workshop included tips on how to enhance the experience of orgasm.

  • Women who are in lesbian encounters reach orgasm a lot of the time.

  • Really nice, beautiful kind of orgasm takes technique.

  • A woman on the air had an orgasm.

  • Get ready to have an orgasm.

  • The same could be said about having an orgasm while being on the pill.

    Academic text (2001)
  • That's how human beings achieve orgasm and have really good sex.

  • I'm responsible for my own orgasms!

  • I haven't had an orgasm like that in nine-and-a-half years.

  • Many women report feeling intense pleasure during orgasm.

Synonyms

climax
vsorgasm
  • Offensive
9 5.7

The moment of greatest sexual pleasure during sex

emphasizes intense pleasure plus clear bodily physiological changes
coming
vsorgasm
  • Offensive
3 9.1

Moment when a person has an orgasm during sex

emphasizes strong bodily responses along with the peak pleasure
sexual climax
vsorgasm
  • NSFW
1 6.6

The strongest feeling of pleasure a person has during sex when the body releases tension

emphasizes intense pleasure together with bodily physical reactions

Compounds

1 6.7

A man's strong sexual feeling that ends in the release of semen from the penis

How Intense

ecstasy
57 6.1
orgasm
  • Offensive
115 6.7
pleasure
1.0
excitement
434 1.0
arousal
7 6.1

Surface Forms

orgasm singular
orgasms plural

Etymology

Orgasm comes from the Greek word orgasmos, which meant 'excitement' or 'to swell'. It is related to organ, a word for a body part or instrument, and the idea of 'swelling' or strong excitement helps explain why orgasm now means the peak of sexual pleasure.