Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Arousing or tending to arouse sexual desire or interest.
- adj. Slang Highly appealing or interesting; attractive: "The recruiting brochures are getting sexier” ( Jack R. Wentworth).
Wiktionary
- adj. of a person Having sexual appeal; suggestive of sex.
- adj. of a thing or concept interesting, attractive or appealing.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. marked by or tending to arouse sexual desire or interest
- adj. exciting sexual desire
Etymologies
- From sex + -y. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“During his meetings with the design studio, Mr. Nordström came up with the phrase "sexy monastery" to describe the contradictory qualities he wanted in a home.”
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“We use the word sexy a lot and have forgotten the ultra- feminine,' she mused, signalling something of a corporate turnaround.”
“It's not often in our youth-obsessed culture that a woman of a certain age wins a contest with the word "sexy" in it.”
“Trust, love, what we call sexy, who we trust in a business situation, are all based on how open we are.”
“The fact that she can go from super casual to sexy is fabulous!”
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“GROSS: I'm just curious, if this isn't too personal, did it change your idea of what sexy is to see, like, mostly nearly naked women dancing all the time and then not liking them?”
“But our fave WWH moment came when Cohen convinced Fey to gamely face a round of "Would You Rather?" that touched on everything from her taste in sexy symbols to her political deal.”
“Pretty and beautiful are in one category, sexy is in another.”
“Twelve soon-to-be journalists in sexy lingerie posed for a calendar entitled "Happy Birthday, Mr. Putin!”
“CHICAGO, Illinois (CNN) -- It may seem obvious that men perceive women in sexy bathing suits as objects, but now there's science to back it up.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘sexy’.
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Beautiful and Ugly
Beautiful, attractive, well-formed
Ugly, unattractive, malformedadorable, alluring, angelic, appealing, appetizing, attractive, beaming, beauteous, beautiful, becoming, beguiling, bewitching and 180 more...
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FUN - Beatles song titles
Typical words from Beatles song titles. Can you recreate the titles?
(Grammatical words have been omitted)polythene, Sun King, rhythm and blues, taxman, tripper, monkey business, mailman, matchbox, rock and roll, ooh, blue jay, reprise and 388 more...
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INTERP - speeches can be...
adequate, adroit, blunt, blurred, committed, divisive, exacerbating, fitting, hollow, lengthy, murky, pronounced and 123 more...
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Adjectives with 2 syllables that end ...
angry, bossy, busy, chilly, cheesy, creepy, dirty, early, funny, hairy, happy, healthy and 126 more...
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sex phases/words
how sex is used
sex work, sex scene, sex privilege, sex role, sex ring, sex ratio, sex pride, sex-longing, sex power, sex play, sex hormone, sex-hungry and 233 more...
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Words Heard Too Often In Songs
Words overused in modern pop music.
Also see ruzuzu's list: Words that should be heard in songs more often.love, heart, dance, dancefloor, down, take, want, night, fight, baby, like, ooooh and 136 more...
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Things you dont call your mother
Self-explainatory title
bitch, cunt, pussy, whore, sexy, fuckable, cocksucker, shitface, hot, addict, lorem ipsum
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Vurtchester
Words thought of by thinking about Jeff Noon.
sexy, madchester, bass, feather, slick, vaz, rain, rainbow, electric, dub, fetish, yellow and 10 more...
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test2029
humblebrag, bar, foo, hotel, california, FO, Mint, Shiznit, aw, sexy, BUMMERS, thatch and 29 more...
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Lingering Irritation
Intensely disliked words from (a) grad program(s) in social sciences. At first they sound tricky and important. Take note! "Modeling is an important aspect in education. Eschew obfuscation."
...zeitgeist, praxis, cathexis, dissertation, reflexive, reflective, empathetic, empathic, paucity, diversity, intervention, efficacy and 23 more...
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Twitter faves
The new favourite words of people on Twitter.
A script searches Twitter for "X is my new favourite word" and adds it to this list.
See also:
gonk, nerking, guap, gimp, fabulous, dabble, fabilicious, tragic, zooted, hey, cheekini, nugget and 457 more... -
Twitter favorites
The new favourite words of people on Twitter.
A script searches Twitter for "X is my new favorite word" and adds it to this list.
See also:
unfathomably, glice, cuh, fab, ciggaty, doll, thuggin, oxymoronic, pineapple, succubutt, griming, cheeky and 2369 more... -
Descriptive
The present, the future. Goals, wishes, hopes.
capricious, sericeous, sleek, flawless, charming, skilled, long-haired, versatile, beautiful, witty, fair, thin and 145 more...
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Apples to Apples: Green Cards
A complete list of the green cards (adjectives) from the popular word game.
absurd, addictive, adorable, aged, American, ancient, animated, annoying, appetizing, arrogant, awesome, awkward and 237 more...
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
contemplate, container, consumer, consultant, consensus, conscious, conscience, connection, confusion, confront, conflict, confident and 4334 more...
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feeling words
twitterpated, loquacious, ambiguous, pensive, sluggish, anxious, adventurous, curious, abandoned, absent-minded, abrasive, abused and 653 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for sexy.
kbbwordie brunettes Jan 15, 2009
rebeca “How sexy? At what voltage?” Aug 15, 2008
vermontster Very irritating when used to refer to something that is currently popular or cutting edge. Especially irritating consider the academic and/or clinical setting in which I started overhearing it -- how they absorbed it or from where, dunno. Jun 28, 2008