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SEXINESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sexiness mean?
• SEXINESS (noun)
The noun SEXINESS has 1 sense:
1. the arousal of feelings of sexual desire
Familiarity information: SEXINESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The arousal of feelings of sexual desire
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Synonyms:
amativeness; amorousness; eroticism; erotism; sexiness
Hypernyms ("sexiness" is a kind of...):
concupiscence; eros; physical attraction; sexual desire (a desire for sexual intimacy)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sexiness"):
carnality; lasciviousness; lubricity; prurience; pruriency (feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness)
Derivation:
sexy (marked by or tending to arouse sexual desire or interest)
sexy (stimulating sexual desire)
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