sexual urge
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4.2
- noun
- /ˈsɛkʃuəl ɜrdʒ/
- NSFW
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impulso sexual
- Two, we're capable of controlling our sexual urges.
- control sexual urges
- strong sexual urge
So let's talk about sexual urges.
- So let's talk about sexual urges.
- They see it as people who are, you know, have massive sex drives and can't control their sexual urges and all this sort of stuff.
- A little over a year ago Robbie told me something that no mother wants to hear, that he had sexual urges towards his siblings as well as other children.
- If anybody has a teenage son who has, well, that's a redundant sexual urges, that teenage son, that's that's a redundant thing.
Examples
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Women are uniformly portrayed as the passive objects of men's sexual urges (p. 11).
Academic text (2005) -
Learning to understand your sexual urge can lead to healthier relationships.
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"An essay on the male sexual urge, the natural beauty and power of it.
Fiction book (1995) -
This is why so many people can no longer control their sexual urges, but are controlled by them...
Academic text (2000) -
Now I can't control my sexual urges.
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As a result, they have sexual urges that are unfulfilled in their line of work.
Blog text (19) -
They could figure out a way to not be slaves to their sexual urges.
Blog text (19) -
Then it seems like the repressed sexual urges twist and turn upon themselves, poisoning the mind and the blood.
Blog text (33) -
Late in life, Gide confided in Albert Camus that he had been ignorant that women have sexual urges and needs.
Academic text (1990) -
How many of us asked the same question about presidential hopeful John Edwards, numerous priests, Jerry Sandusky, or the myriad of other men and women whose lives have been destroyed by uncontrollable sexual urges, whether those urges were considered perverted or merely inappropriate?
Blog text (12)
Synonyms
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3.2
A strong desire to do something
192
3.8
A strong wish to do something, often something you should not do
185
3.6
A sudden strong want to do something without thinking
81
3.3
A very strong sexual desire or attraction to someone
40
6.7
A strong urge to do something that is hard to control
38
5.2
A very strong desire for something, often for things people see as forbidden
32
7.5
A person's desire to have sex
25
4.2
A natural desire to have sex
25
9.9
A strong sexual attraction to someone
10
7.5
A feeling of sexual excitement before sexual activity
9
3.8
A strong wish to have sex with another person
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8.2
A strong feeling of sexual desire
3
8.3
A strong feeling of wanting to have sex
3
5.3
A strong physical and mental feeling of sexual excitement from touch or thoughts
2
9.9
A strong sexual desire for another person
1
7.2
A strong desire to have sex with someone
1
9.9
A very strong sexual desire, especially for sex between a man and a woman
1
7.9
A sudden strong desire to do something you cannot control
A strong desire to have sex
A strong feeling of wanting to have sex
Antonyms
How Strong
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6.7
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38
5.2
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5
4.2
- NSFW
9
3.8
- NSFW
25
4.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a strong desire to engage in sexual activity' is directly and transparently composed from 'sexual' (pertaining to sex) and 'urge' (an internal impulse). This straightforward adjective+noun combination follows common compositional patterns and is likely understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Sexual urge is a compound of sexual, meaning about sex, and urge, meaning a strong push inside you. Imagine a sudden wave or push that makes someone want sex. That's why it means 'a strong desire to have sex'.