hyperamative

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US/ˌhaɪp.əɹˈam.ə.tɪv/

adjective

Excessively amorous, with sexual connotations.

Similar
concupiscentlibidinouslustful
Opposite
chastedisinterestedunaroused
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Meanings

adjectivehyperamative (comparative more hyperamative, superlative most hyperamative)

comparative more hyperamative · superlative most hyperamative

  1. Excessively amorous, with sexual connotations.

    “In Hartwell’s case, the provisional result is ... the equivalent, hyperamative hardness. Via Cornelia / Beulah, Eugene’s crushed arm points, directly if limply, at Hartwell’s iron phallus.”

    1992, G. M. Goshgarian, To Kiss the Chastening Rod: Domestic Fiction and Sexual Ideology in the American Renaissance, Cornell Press

    Synonyms: concupiscent, libidinous, lustful · Antonyms: chaste, disinterested, unaroused

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveExcessively amorous, with sexual connotations.

Similar
concupiscentlibidinouslustful
Opposite
chastedisinterestedunaroused

Origin

From hyper- + amative.

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Chicago

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