sexual appetite
Drive for intimacy
Sexual appetite is the desire for sexual activity, treated as something that can be strong or weak, satisfied or unsatisfied.
Like hunger, it implies a recurring need: He has a voracious sexual appetite.
The phrase often appears when discussing mismatched desires between partners or explaining someone's behavior.
Intense carnal appetite
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- yearningIntense prolonged craving
- arousalStirring to heightened state
- attractionPull toward something
horniness · lustfulness · craving · hunger · thirst · urge · itch · wanting
Operate a vehicle
- hormonesBloodstream signaling molecules
- testosteroneChief male sex hormone
- estrogenFemale reproductive hormone
- pheromonesSpecies-specific chemical messengers
virility · potency · fertility · arousal · mojo · stamina · vitality · energy
lust
Intense carnal appetite
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- yearningIntense prolonged craving
- arousalStirring to heightened state
attraction · horniness · lustfulness · craving · hunger · thirst · urge · itch · wanting · concupiscence
drive
Operate a vehicle
- hormonesBloodstream signaling molecules
- testosteroneChief male sex hormone
- estrogenFemale reproductive hormone
pheromones · virility · potency · fertility · arousal · mojo · stamina · vitality · energy · functioning
intensity
Strength or force level
heat · burning · flame · zeal · vehemence · excitement · enthusiasm · eagerness · ecstasy · rapture
sensuality
Pursuit of physical pleasure
- eroticismSexual desire's aesthetic quality
- chemistryStudy of substances' interactions
- connectionA joining or relation
tension · foreplay · seduction · touch · closeness · physical · bedroom · romantic · carnal · amorous
sexual appetiteasexuality
Lack of sexual attraction
frigidity · low libido · coldness · unresponsiveness · impotence
sexual appetiteplatonic love
Emotional bond sans desire
spiritual love · emotional intimacy · agape · romantic love · brotherly love
sexual appetitecelibacy
Abstaining from intimate relations
abstinence · chastity · self-denial · sexual restraint · continence
sexual, appetite, pansexual, sexuality, bisexual, homosexual, asexual, sexually, heterosexual