Meanings
adjectivepornographic (comparative more pornographic, superlative most pornographic)
comparative more pornographic · superlative most pornographic
- Containing an explicit depiction of sexual activity.
The intent to make the "MMR question" as serious as possible resulted in an almost pornographic obsession with suffering children.
2021 May 26, Harry Brewis, 33:33 from the start, in Vaccines and Autism: A Measured Response, archived from the original on 30 Jul 20241 more example
Trying to write honestly about pornographic films is like trying to tie one's shoe while walking: it's practically impossible without sacrificing stride and balance and a certain amount of ordinary dignity, the sort one uses with bank tellers who question a signature.
1973 January 21, Vincent Canby, “What Are We To Think of ‘Deep Throat’?”, in The New York Times, →ISSNSynonyms: pornographical, X-rated, 18+, adult, blue, graphic, mucky, pornographical
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveContaining an explicit depiction of sexual activity.
Opposite
More synonyms by meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*perh₂-
- Proto-Hellenic*pórnē
- Ancient Greekπόρνη (pórnē)
- Proto-Indo-European*gerbʰ-
- Proto-Hellenic*grə́pʰō
- Ancient Greekγράφω (gráphō)
- Ancient Greekπορνογράφος (pornográphos)
- Frenchpornographie
- Englishpornography
- Englishpornographic
From pornography + -ic.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans pornografies
- pornografiescontaining an explicit depiction of sexual activity
Basque pornografiko
- pornografikocontaining an explicit depiction of sexual activity
Bulgarian порнографски, порнографи́чен
- порнографски (pornografski)containing an explicit depiction of sexual activity
- порнографи́чен (pornografíčen)containing an explicit depiction of sexual activity
Catalan pornogràfic
- pornogràficcontaining an explicit depiction of sexual activity
Chinese Mandarin 色情的
- 色情的 (sèqíng de)containing an explicit depiction of sexual activity
Czech pornografický
- pornografickýcontaining an explicit depiction of sexual activity
Danish pornografisk
- pornografiskcontaining an explicit depiction of sexual activity
Dutch pornografisch
- pornografischcontaining an explicit depiction of sexual activity
Esperanto pornografa
- pornografacontaining an explicit depiction of sexual activity
Estonian pornograafiline
- pornograafilinecontaining an explicit depiction of sexual activity
Finnish pornografinen, siveetön
- pornografinencontaining an explicit depiction of sexual activity
- siveetöncontaining an explicit depiction of sexual activity
French pornographique
- pornographiquecontaining an explicit depiction of sexual activity
German pornographisch
- pornographischcontaining an explicit depiction of sexual activity
Greek πορνογραφικός
- πορνογραφικός (pornografikós)containing an explicit depiction of sexual activity
Hebrew פּוֹרְנוֹגְרָפִי
- פּוֹרְנוֹגְרָפִי (pornografi)containing an explicit depiction of sexual activity
Hindi वयस्क सामग्री, अश्लील सामग्री
- वयस्क सामग्री (vayask sāmagrī)containing an explicit depiction of sexual activity
- अश्लील सामग्री (aślīl sāmagrī)containing an explicit depiction of sexual activity
Hungarian pornográf, pornográfiai
- pornográfcontaining an explicit depiction of sexual activity
- pornográfiaicontaining an explicit depiction of sexual activity
- trágárcontaining an explicit depiction of sexual activity
- szeméremsértőcontaining an explicit depiction of sexual activity
Icelandic klámfenginn
- klámfenginncontaining an explicit depiction of sexual activity
Indonesian pornografis
- pornografiscontaining an explicit depiction of sexual activity
Irish pornagrafach
- pornagrafachcontaining an explicit depiction of sexual activity
Italian pornografico
- pornograficocontaining an explicit depiction of sexual activity
Latvian pornogrāfisks
- pornogrāfiskscontaining an explicit depiction of sexual activity
Lithuanian pornografinis
- pornografiniscontaining an explicit depiction of sexual activity
Norwegian Bokmål pornografisk
- pornografiskcontaining an explicit depiction of sexual activity
Polish pornograficzny
- pornograficznycontaining an explicit depiction of sexual activity
Portuguese pornográfico
- pornográficocontaining an explicit depiction of sexual activity
Romanian pornografic, порнографик
- pornograficcontaining an explicit depiction of sexual activity
- порнографик (pornografic)containing an explicit depiction of sexual activity
Russian порнографи́ческий
- порнографи́ческий (pornografíčeskij)containing an explicit depiction of sexual activity
Slovak pornografický
- pornografickýcontaining an explicit depiction of sexual activity
Spanish pornográfico
- pornográficocontaining an explicit depiction of sexual activity
Swedish pornografisk
- pornografiskcontaining an explicit depiction of sexual activity
Tagalog pornograpiko
- pornograpikocontaining an explicit depiction of sexual activity
Thai ลามก
- ลามก (laa-mók)containing an explicit depiction of sexual activity
Turkish porno, pornografik
- pornocontaining an explicit depiction of sexual activity
- pornografikcontaining an explicit depiction of sexual activity
- müstehcencontaining an explicit depiction of sexual activity
- açık saçıkcontaining an explicit depiction of sexual activity
Ukrainian порнографі́чний
- порнографі́чний (pornohrafíčnyj)containing an explicit depiction of sexual activity
Vietnamese khiêu dâm
- khiêu dâmcontaining an explicit depiction of sexual activity
Yiddish פּאָרנאָגראַפֿיש
- פּאָרנאָגראַפֿיש (pornografish)containing an explicit depiction of sexual activity
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with pornographic
trafficgraphicphotographicsapphiccartographicstratigraphicorthographicbiogeographicseraphicstenographicacrographicalveographicdendrographicmaffickmegalographicventriculographic
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
pornographic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pornographic
MLA
“pornographic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pornographic. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pornographic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pornographic.
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