'Prurient' definitions:
Definition of 'prurient'
From: WordNet
adjective
Characterized by lust; "eluding the lubricious embraces of her employer"; "her sensuous grace roused his lustful nature"; "prurient literature"; "prurient thoughts"; "a salacious rooster of a little man" [syn: lubricious, lustful, prurient, salacious]
Definition of 'Prurient'
From: GCIDE
- Prurient \Pru"ri*ent\, a. [L. pruries, -entis, p. pr. of prurire to itch. Cf. Freeze.] Uneasy with desire; itching; especially, having a lascivious curiosity or propensity; lustful. -- {Pru"ri*ent*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster]
- The eye of the vain and prurient is darting from object to object of illicit attraction. --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'prurient'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- agape,
- agog,
- all agog,
- animal,
- aphrodisiomaniacal,
- athirst,
- bawdy,
- blue,
- burning with curiosity,
- carnal,
- clitoromaniacal,
- coarse,
- concupiscent,
- consumed with curiosity,
- consumed with desire,
- coveting,
- craving,
- crude,
- curious,
- Cyprian,
- debauched,
- devoured by desire,
- dirty,
- ejaculatory,
- erotic,
- eroticomaniacal,
- erotomaniacal,
- fervid,
- Fescennine,
- filthy,
- fleshly,
- foul,
- ghoulish,
- goatish,
- gossipy,
- gross,
- gynecomaniacal,
- horny,
- hot,
- hot-blooded,
- hungering,
- hungry,
- hysteromaniacal,
- indecent,
- inquiring,
- inquisitive,
- interested,
- itching,
- itchy,
- ithyphallic,
- lascivious,
- lecherous,
- lewd,
- libidinous,
- licentious,
- lickerish,
- loose,
- low,
- lubricious,
- lubricous,
- lurid,
- lustful,
- mad with lust,
- morbid,
- morbidly curious,
- nymphomaniacal,
- obscene,
- open-eyed,
- openmouthed,
- orgasmic,
- orgastic,
- overcurious,
- Paphian,
- passionate,
- pornographic,
- priapic,
- quizzical,
- rakehell,
- randy,
- ribald,
- ruttish,
- salacious,
- satyric,
- scopophiliac,
- scurrilous,
- sensual,
- sex-starved,
- sexual,
- sexy,
- smutty,
- steamy,
- suggestive,
- supercurious,
- thirsting,
- thirsty,
- titillating,
- unsatisfied,
- vile,
- voluptuous,
- voyeuristic,
- vulgar