Prurient — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

characterized by lust

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/pɹˈʊɹɹiənt/

🇬🇧British English

/pɹˈʊəɹiənt/

🇮🇳Indian English

/pɹˈʊəɹiənt/

2 syllables Say it as /pɹˈʊɹɹiənt/.

Examples

eluding the lubricious embraces of her employer
her sensuous grace roused his lustful nature
prurient literature

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

salacious lustful lubricious

Parts of Speech

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

lüstern

geprägt von Lust

🇫🇷French

lascif

caractérisé par le désir

🇪🇸Spanish

lascivo

caracterizado por la lujuria

🇮🇹Italian

pruriginoso

caratterizzato dalla lussuria

🇳🇱Dutch

jeukend

gekenmerkt door lust

🇵🇹Portuguese

lascivo

caracterizado pela luxúria

🇷🇺Russian

похотливый

характеризуется похотью

India

🇮🇳Hindi

कामी

वासना द्वारा विशेषता

🇧🇩Bengali

বিশুদ্ধ

লালসা দ্বারা চিহ্নিত

🇮🇳Tamil

புத்திசாலித்தனமான

காமத்தால் வகைப்படுத்தப்படும்

🇮🇳Telugu

వివేకవంతమైన

కామంచే వర్ణించబడింది

🇮🇳Marathi

उग्र

वासना द्वारे वैशिष्ट्यीकृत

🇮🇳Gujarati

પ્રુરીયન્ટ

વાસના દ્વારા વર્ગીકૃત થયેલ છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಪ್ರುರಿಯಂಟ್

ಕಾಮದಿಂದ ಗುಣಲಕ್ಷಣವಾಗಿದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

സൂക്ഷ്മമായ

കാമത്തിൻ്റെ സവിശേഷത

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਪੂਰਕ

ਵਾਸਨਾ ਦੁਆਰਾ ਵਿਸ਼ੇਸ਼ਤਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

پرورینٹ

ہوس کی طرف سے خصوصیات

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

好色的

以色欲为特征

🇯🇵Japanese

臭みのある

欲望によって特徴づけられる

🇰🇷Korean

고름이 많은

욕망이 특징

🇻🇳Vietnamese

dâm ô

đặc trưng bởi ham muốn

🇹🇭Thai

รอบคอบ

มีลักษณะเป็นตัณหา

🇮🇩Indonesian

cabul

ditandai dengan nafsu

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

شهوانية

تتميز بالشهوة

🇮🇷Persian

سوزاننده

با شهوت مشخص می شود

🇹🇷Turkish

şehvetli

şehvet ile karakterize edilir

🇮🇱Hebrew

חַשׁקָנִי

מאופיין בתאווה

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