prurient
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9.9
- adjective
- /ˈprʊəriənt/
- Offensive
- Both said the book was obscene and put it down for its prurient appeal.
- prurient interest
- appeals to prurient
Examples
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Can you please table your prurient interests for two minutes while we have a civilized tete-a-tete about our daughter?
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I know for a fact that that author was not pandering to prurient interest.
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And is your relationship of a prurient nature?
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And if she found me reading what she called "prurient literature," she would hardly care.
Fiction book (1999) -
The pictures have to be taken or possessed for prurient reasons, if I understand the law correctly.
Blog text (29) -
For this reason, I have concluded, the picture appeals only to prurient interests, and should be denied the Motion Picture Association's seal of approval.
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There were also p161 sections so explicit and prurient as to be pornographic.
Fiction book (1991) -
Prurient curiosity.
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"From that moment on, I viewed Joseph Morelli with a combination of terror and prurient curiosity that bordered on awe.
Fiction book (2001) -
Many people were drawn to the magazine's prurient articles about celebrity scandals.
Synonyms
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8.2
Relating to sexual or physical desire rather than spiritual feelings
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9.9
Too interested in sex in a way that makes people uncomfortable
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6.3
Wanting to have sex
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9.5
Showing strong sexual desire that makes others uncomfortable
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9.9
Showing sexual interest in a way that makes others uncomfortable
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8.8
Showing strong sexual interest that makes others feel uncomfortable
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9.6
Too interested in watching other people's private lives, often their sex life
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9.9
Having very strong sexual desire
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9.9
Meant to cause sexual desire by words or actions
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9.9
To feel strong sexual desire for someone
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9.9
Feeling a strong desire for sex
Antonyms
How Lustful
Surface Forms
Etymology
Prurient comes from the Latin verb prurire, which means 'to itch'. So to be prurient is to have an 'itch' for sexual things — an excessive, often improper interest in sex.