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Sexual desire   /sˈɛkʃuəl dɪzˈaɪər/   Listen
Sexual desire

noun
1.
A desire for sexual intimacy.  Synonyms: concupiscence, eros, physical attraction.






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"Sexual desire" Quotes from Famous Books



... traits built into every robot and android," said Jakdane gently. "The first is that they can never, under any circumstances, attack a human being, even in self defense. The second is that, while they may understand sexual desire objectively, they ...
— The Jupiter Weapon • Charles Louis Fontenay

... murderously resort to the devices of art to thwart the designs of the Creator. Procreation was the highest purpose in the divine mind for the union of man and wife. For this purpose he implanted in their natures a sexual desire. They who avoid to act this part in life come short of the purpose of ...
— The Gospel Day • Charles Ebert Orr

... to draw from his own pride strength to sustain himself against the blow of her refusal gradually killed in her the sexual desire which he had aroused, and which during a few days flickered up under the stimulus of fancy and of regret. Sophia saw with increasing clearness that her unreasoning instinct had been right in saying him nay. And when, in spite of this, ...
— The Old Wives' Tale • Arnold Bennett

... said that up to the age of seventeen I had never experienced the slightest sexual desire. The spark of voluptuousness which has ever since burnt so fiercely in my breast was destined to be lighted up by one of my own sex. Yes, dear Laura, it was you who first taught me the delights and joys of love; it was you who first kindled that flame of ...
— The Life and Amours of the Beautiful, Gay and Dashing Kate Percival - The Belle of the Delaware • Kate Percival



Words linked to "Sexual desire" :   libido, lust, nymphomania, concupiscence, fetish, sensualness, sensuality, eroticism, love, satyriasis, erotic love, eros, the hots, lecherousness, amativeness, erotism, sensualism, physical attraction, lustfulness, sexiness, sexual love, amorousness, desire, anaphrodisia, passion, aphrodisia



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