nymphomaniacal
Compulsively seeking sex
Nymphomaniacal describes a woman with excessive or uncontrollable sexual desire.
The word carries clinical and judgmental overtones from an era when female sexuality was pathologized: Her nymphomaniacal reputation followed her everywhere.
The term is dated and sexist—there's no equivalent word applied with equal force to men.
Related forms: nymphomania (noun), nymphomaniac (noun or adjective).
Absence of organization
- diagnosisIdentification of illness
- hypersexualityCompulsive erotic excess
- addictionCompulsive substance reliance
- clinicalEmotionally detached, medically precise
psychiatric · psychological · behavioral · compulsive · treatment · therapy · DSM · condition
Innate erotic drive
- promiscuityFrequent casual sexual encounters
- insatiableImpossible to satisfy
- lustfulnessIntense carnal desire
- carnalityPursuit of bodily pleasures
eroticism · sensuality · lechery · concupiscence · lasciviousness · prurience · salaciousness · randiness
Impossible to restrain
- irresistibleImpossible to withstand
- overwhelmingIntensely excessive in force
- drivenIntensely determined to achieve
- insatiableImpossible to satisfy
relentless · persistent · compulsion · urge · impulse · fixation · incessant · unstoppable
Painful awareness of failure
- promiscuousSexually undiscriminating
- scandalousMorally offensive or shocking
- immoralContrary to ethical principles
- depravedMorally corrupt, perverse
sinful · perverted · disreputable · ostracized · vilified · defamed · infamous · lewd
disorder
Absence of organization
- diagnosisIdentification of illness
- hypersexualityCompulsive erotic excess
- addictionCompulsive substance reliance
clinical · psychiatric · psychological · behavioral · compulsive · treatment · therapy · DSM · condition · syndrome
libido
Innate erotic drive
- promiscuityFrequent casual sexual encounters
- insatiableImpossible to satisfy
- lustfulnessIntense carnal desire
carnality · eroticism · sensuality · lechery · concupiscence · lasciviousness · prurience · salaciousness · randiness · amorousness
uncontrollable
Impossible to restrain
- irresistibleImpossible to withstand
- overwhelmingIntensely excessive in force
- drivenIntensely determined to achieve
insatiable · relentless · persistent · compulsion · urge · impulse · fixation · incessant · unstoppable · involuntary
shame
Painful awareness of failure
- promiscuousSexually undiscriminating
- scandalousMorally offensive or shocking
- immoralContrary to ethical principles
depraved · sinful · perverted · disreputable · ostracized · vilified · defamed · infamous · lewd · indecent
nymphomaniacalasexual
Without erotic attraction
frigid · sexless · undersexed · cold · passionless
nymphomaniacalchaste
Abstaining from sexual activity
celibate · abstinent · virginal · puritanical · prudish