concupiscent
Filled with longing
Concupiscent describes someone filled with strong sexual desire or lust.
The word carries a formal, often literary or theological tone, appearing in religious texts to characterize carnal appetites that distract from spiritual pursuits.
His concupiscent gaze made her uncomfortable.
While less common in everyday speech, it remains useful when a more elevated or archaic register is called for than simply saying lustful or horny.
Having strong carnal desires
- lecherousShowing excessive sexual desire
- lasciviousOvertly sexual in manner
- salaciousLewdly interested in intimacy
- carnalRelating to physical urges
prurient · lewd · wanton · licentious · randy · horny · amorous · debauched
Sensually full-bodied
- eroticSexually stimulating
- sensuousPleasing to the body
- arousalStirring to heightened state
- pleasureHappy, satisfied feeling
carnal · hedonistic · indulgent · decadent · tactile · caress · flesh · bodily
Intense prolonged craving
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- desireIntense wanting
- appetiteDesire for food
- hankeringPersistent strong desire
thirst · hunger · covetous · burning · ardent · fervent · insatiable · ravenous
Cultural or social prohibition
- illicitProhibited by law
- sinfulViolating moral law
- transgressiveViolating accepted boundaries
- temptationUrge toward the unwise
forbidden fruit · indecent · immoral · vice · profane · unholy · shameful · guilty
libidinous
Having strong carnal desires
- lecherousShowing excessive sexual desire
- lasciviousOvertly sexual in manner
- salaciousLewdly interested in intimacy
carnal · prurient · lewd · wanton · licentious · randy · horny · amorous · debauched · dissolute
voluptuous
Sensually full-bodied
pleasure · carnal · hedonistic · indulgent · decadent · tactile · caress · flesh · bodily · sybaritic
yearning
Intense prolonged craving
hankering · thirst · hunger · covetous · burning · ardent · fervent · insatiable · ravenous · voracious
taboo
Cultural or social prohibition
- illicitProhibited by law
- sinfulViolating moral law
- transgressiveViolating accepted boundaries
temptation · forbidden fruit · indecent · immoral · vice · profane · unholy · shameful · guilty · mortal sin
concupiscentfrigid
Extremely and intensely cold
passionless · asexual · undersexed · cold · undesiring
concupiscentascetic
One who renounces indulgence
puritanical · austere · abstemious · straitlaced · prudish