Synonyms for "prurience" (93 found)

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Closest matches (19)

Noun(2 words)

pruriencycarnality

an universal wolfandromaniaanimalityaphrodisiaappetenceappetencyappetiteappetitionbawdinessbiological urgebodily appetitecarnal desirecarnalityclitoromaniaconcupiscencecovetingcraving

Strong matches (28)

curiositycurious mindcuriousnessdesiredirtinesseromaniaeroticismeroticomaniaeroticomaniacerotismerotomaniafleshlinessfleshly lustfuror uterinusghoulishnessgoatishnessgynecomaniahorninesshot bloodhot pants

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hungerhysteromaniaimpurityindecencyinfantile sexualityinquiring mindinquisitivenessinterest

Related words (46)

itchitch for knowledgeitchinglasciviousnesslecherousnesslecherylewdnesslibidinousnesslickerishnesslively interestlubriciousnesslubricitylustlustfulnessmaniameddlesomenessmental acquisitivenessmorbid curiositynosinessnymphomania

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obscenityofficiousnesspassionpolymorphous perversitypruriencyprurient interestpryingrandinesssalaciousnesssalacitysatyriasissatyrismscopophiliasensualitysexinesssexual desiresexual longingsexual passionsexualitythirstthirst for knowledgeuteromaniavenereal appetitevoyeurism

Noun(2 words)

lasciviousnesslubricity

Related word relations

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3 relation types

More general

5 entries

amativenessamorousnesseroticismerotismsexiness

is a

1 entries

amorousness

related to

1 entries

prurient

Translations

5 translations across 4 languages.

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Bulgarian

1 entries

• похотливост noun (the quality of being prurient)

Dutch

1 entries

• geilheid noun (the quality of being prurient)

German

2 entries

• Geilheit noun (the quality of being prurient)
• Lüsternheit noun (the quality of being prurient)

Romanian

1 entries

• lascivitate noun (the quality of being prurient)

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

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There is a prurience in the speech of some.

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