Lubricious — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

having a smooth or slippery quality

characterized by lust

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/luːbɹˈɪʃəs/

🇬🇧British English

/luːbɹˈɪʃəs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/luːbɹˈɪʃəs/

3 syllables Say it as /luːbɹˈɪʃəs/.

Examples

the skin of cephalopods is thin and lubricious
eluding the lubricious embraces of her employer
her sensuous grace roused his lustful nature

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

salacious lustful prurient

Parts of Speech

adjective	having a smooth or slippery quality “the skin of cephalopods is thin and lubricious”
adjective	characterized by lust “eluding the lubricious embraces of her employer”

Word Forms

lustfulness	noun	a strong sexual desire
pruriency	noun	feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness
prurience	noun	feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness
salaciousness	noun	the trait of behaving in an obscene manner
salacity	noun	the trait of behaving in an obscene manner

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

gleitfähig

eine glatte oder rutschige Qualität haben

🇫🇷French

lubrique

ayant une qualité lisse ou glissante

🇪🇸Spanish

lúbrico

tener una calidad suave o resbaladiza

🇮🇹Italian

lubrificante

avere una qualità liscia o scivolosa

🇳🇱Dutch

glad

met een gladde of gladde kwaliteit

🇵🇹Portuguese

lubrificante

tendo uma qualidade lisa ou escorregadia

🇷🇺Russian

смазочный

иметь гладкое или скользкое качество

India

🇮🇳Hindi

प्रवाहमय

चिकनी या फिसलन वाली गुणवत्ता वाला

🇧🇩Bengali

তৈলাক্ত

একটি মসৃণ বা পিচ্ছিল মানের থাকার

🇮🇳Tamil

லூப்ரியஸ்

மென்மையான அல்லது வழுக்கும் தரம் கொண்டது

🇮🇳Telugu

కందెన

మృదువైన లేదా జారే నాణ్యతను కలిగి ఉంటుంది

🇮🇳Marathi

वंगण

गुळगुळीत किंवा निसरडा गुणवत्ता असणे

🇮🇳Gujarati

ચીકણું

સરળ અથવા લપસણો ગુણવત્તા ધરાવતા

🇮🇳Kannada

ನಯವಾದ

ನಯವಾದ ಅಥವಾ ಜಾರು ಗುಣಮಟ್ಟವನ್ನು ಹೊಂದಿದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

വഴുവഴുപ്പുള്ള

മിനുസമാർന്നതോ വഴുവഴുപ്പുള്ളതോ ആയ ഗുണമേന്മയുള്ളത്

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਲੁਬਰੀਸ

ਇੱਕ ਨਿਰਵਿਘਨ ਜਾਂ ਤਿਲਕਣ ਗੁਣਵੱਤਾ ਵਾਲਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

چکنا کرنے والا

ہموار یا پھسلن والا معیار ہونا

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

色色的

具有光滑或滑溜的品质

🇯🇵Japanese

滑らかな

滑らかまたは滑りやすい性質を持っている

🇰🇷Korean

매끄러운

매끄럽거나 미끄러운 품질

🇻🇳Vietnamese

bôi trơn

có chất lượng mịn hoặc trơn

🇹🇭Thai

หล่อลื่น

มีลักษณะเรียบหรือลื่น

🇮🇩Indonesian

berminyak

memiliki kualitas halus atau licin

🇵🇭Filipino

pampadulas

pagkakaroon ng makinis o madulas na kalidad

🇲🇾Malay

pelincir

mempunyai kualiti licin atau licin

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

فاسق

وجود نوعية ناعمة أو زلقة

🇮🇷Persian

روان کننده

دارای کیفیت صاف یا لغزنده است

🇹🇷Turkish

kayganlaştırıcı

pürüzsüz veya kaygan bir kaliteye sahip olmak

🇮🇱Hebrew

משמן

בעל איכות חלקה או חלקה

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