prurience
Excessive sexual interest
Prurience is excessive interest in sexual matters, especially of a leering or unwholesome kind.
The word carries judgment—prurience isn't healthy curiosity but something furtive and obsessive: The tabloid coverage appealed to readers' prurience.
Legal definitions of obscenity often hinge on whether material appeals to "prurient interest." The adjective is prurient.
Feeling strong sexual desire
- lasciviousOvertly sexual in manner
- lecheryExcessive sexual indulgence
- lewdObscenely sexual
- licentiousSexually unrestrained behavior
wanton · salacious · libidinous · concupiscence · carnality · lewdness · lubricity · erotic
Indecent word or act
- vulgarityOffensive coarseness in manner
- smutLewd content or soot
- pornographySexually explicit arousing material
- X-ratedSexually explicit classification
off-color · ribald · raunchy · bawdy · suggestiveness · filth · crudeness · impropriety
lustful
Feeling strong sexual desire
- lasciviousOvertly sexual in manner
- lecheryExcessive sexual indulgence
- lewdObscenely sexual
licentious · wanton · salacious · libidinous · concupiscence · carnality · lewdness · lubricity · erotic · sensual
obscenity
Indecent word or act
- vulgarityOffensive coarseness in manner
- smutLewd content or soot
- pornographySexually explicit arousing material
X-rated · off-color · ribald · raunchy · bawdy · suggestiveness · filth · crudeness · impropriety · indecency
- lustlust, lustfulness, carnality, concupiscence, libido
- scandalscandal, infamy, disgrace, coverup, cover-up
- vice lawssodomy laws, obscenity laws, blue laws, adultery laws, indecency laws
prurienceinnocence
Freedom from wrongdoing
wholesomeness · purity · chastity · decency · modesty
prurienceindifference
Lack of interest
chastity · apathy · disinterest · aversion · asexuality
pruriencecalm
Free from agitation
serenity · tranquility · composure · equanimity · restraint