pruriency
Morbid sexual interest
Pruriency is an excessive or unwholesome interest in sexual matters—a quality of being preoccupied with the lewd or lascivious.
The term appears most often in legal contexts, where obscenity standards ask whether material appeals to prurient interest.
Outside law, pruriency suggests a voyeuristic fascination: The tabloid's pruriency was evident in its breathless coverage of the scandal.
Overt sexual impropriety
- lecheryExcessive sexual indulgence
- carnalityPursuit of bodily pleasures
- concupiscenceIntense carnal appetite
- lewdnessCrude sexual indecency
licentiousness · salaciousness · lustfulness · lecherousness · libidinousness · randiness · horniness · arousal
Sexually explicit in content
- smuttyObscene or indecent
- salaciousLewdly interested in intimacy
- lewdObscenely sexual
- indecentOffensive to accepted standards
filthy · raunchy · bawdy · ribald · explicit · dirty · vulgar · blue
Not allowed
- shamefulCausing or meriting disgrace
- indecentOffensive to accepted standards
- improperLacking in propriety
- scandalousMorally offensive or shocking
unmentionable · indelicate · unseemly · indecorous · immodest · shameless · brazen · voyeuristic
lasciviousness
Overt sexual impropriety
- lecheryExcessive sexual indulgence
- carnalityPursuit of bodily pleasures
- concupiscenceIntense carnal appetite
lewdness · licentiousness · salaciousness · lustfulness · lecherousness · libidinousness · randiness · horniness · arousal · titillation
pornographic
Sexually explicit in content
indecent · filthy · raunchy · bawdy · ribald · explicit · dirty · vulgar · blue · off-color
forbidden
Not allowed
- shamefulCausing or meriting disgrace
- indecentOffensive to accepted standards
- improperLacking in propriety
scandalous · unmentionable · indelicate · unseemly · indecorous · immodest · shameless · brazen · voyeuristic · peeping
pruriencyaversion
Intense dislike or repugnance
apathy · indifference · disinterest · repulsion · disgust
pruriencycalm
Free from agitation
composure · tranquility · equanimity · serenity · contentment