Meanings
nounsexiness (usually uncountable, plural sexinesses)
plural sexinesses
- uncountableusuallyThe state or quality of being sexy, of possessing the traits of sexual appeal.
What we now encounter in the male order of civilization is "sexiness," the erotic power of the beautiful woman to lure the powerful man to his own destruction.
1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 165
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe arousal of feelings of sexual desire
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian сексапилност
- сексапилност (seksapilnost)state or quality of being sexy
Chinese Mandarin 性感
- 性感 (xìnggǎn)state or quality of being sexy
Dutch sexiness, sexyheid
- sexinessstate or quality of being sexy
- sexyheidstate or quality of being sexy
Finnish seksikkyys
- seksikkyysstate or quality of being sexy
German Sexiness, Sexyheit
- Sexinessstate or quality of being sexy
- Sexyheitstate or quality of being sexy
Icelandic kynþokki
- kynþokkistate or quality of being sexy
Irish gnéasúlacht, mealltacht
- gnéasúlachtstate or quality of being sexy
- mealltachtstate or quality of being sexy
- meallacachtstate or quality of being sexy
Polish seksowność
- seksownośćstate or quality of being sexy
Cite this entry
APA
sexiness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sexiness
MLA
“sexiness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sexiness. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sexiness,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sexiness.
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