variants
or less commonly erotical
1
: of, devoted to, or tending to arouse sexual love or desire
erotic art
2
: strongly marked or affected by sexual desire
erotic
noun
Synonyms
Examples of erotic in a Sentence
the erotic aspects of the story of Beauty and the Beast
Recent Examples on the Web
Several Morgan Hill massage parlors also had ratings on websites that catered to erotic massage.
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Luis Melecio-Zambrano, The Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2024
At one point, Patrick and Art share a churro — a scene that has gone viral for its erotic undertones.
—Jen Juneau, Peoplemag, 29 Apr. 2024
When the trailer for the erotic thriller Miller's Girl dropped in December, some viewers expressed discomfort over the depiction of an affair between a teacher played by Martin Freeman and a student played by Jenna Ortega — an actress 31 years his junior.
—Jessica Wang, EW.com, 29 Apr. 2024
The erotic thriller opened in theaters in January and caused a stir on social media due to intimate scenes between Freeman and his co-star Jenna Ortega.
—Zack Sharf, Variety, 29 Apr. 2024
The prescribed roles of erotic play and the actual identities of the participants playing the roles collide in destabilizing ways.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2024
Guadagnino, known for the sensual gay love story Call Me By Your Name and the tense, erotic thriller Suspiria, plays with audience expectations.
—Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 26 Apr. 2024
The monograph argues that the overexposure and self-aggrandizement encouraged by social media have killed the possibility of truly erotic experience, which requires an encounter with an other.
—Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2024
Photographs by Man Ray and artwork by Francis Picabia enrich this timely—or timeless—premise that reveals how Saint Laurent found endless ways to rethink elegant and erotic, daring women to experience this as a kind of empowerment.
—Amy Verner, Vogue, 4 Mar. 2024
Luis Melecio-Zambrano, The Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2024
At one point, Patrick and Art share a churro — a scene that has gone viral for its erotic undertones.
—Jen Juneau, Peoplemag, 29 Apr. 2024
When the trailer for the erotic thriller Miller's Girl dropped in December, some viewers expressed discomfort over the depiction of an affair between a teacher played by Martin Freeman and a student played by Jenna Ortega — an actress 31 years his junior.
—Jessica Wang, EW.com, 29 Apr. 2024
The erotic thriller opened in theaters in January and caused a stir on social media due to intimate scenes between Freeman and his co-star Jenna Ortega.
—Zack Sharf, Variety, 29 Apr. 2024
The prescribed roles of erotic play and the actual identities of the participants playing the roles collide in destabilizing ways.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2024
Guadagnino, known for the sensual gay love story Call Me By Your Name and the tense, erotic thriller Suspiria, plays with audience expectations.
—Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 26 Apr. 2024
The monograph argues that the overexposure and self-aggrandizement encouraged by social media have killed the possibility of truly erotic experience, which requires an encounter with an other.
—Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2024
Photographs by Man Ray and artwork by Francis Picabia enrich this timely—or timeless—premise that reveals how Saint Laurent found endless ways to rethink elegant and erotic, daring women to experience this as a kind of empowerment.
—Amy Verner, Vogue, 4 Mar. 2024
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“Erotic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/erotic. Accessed 3 May. 2024.
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erotic
adjective
erot·ic
i-ˈrät-ik 
: of, relating to, or marked by sexual love or desire
eroticism
noun
-ˈrät-ə-ˌsiz-əm
Medical Definition
erotic
adjective
erot·ic
i-ˈrät-ik
variants
also erotical
1
: of, devoted to, or tending to arouse sexual love or desire
2
: strongly marked or affected by sexual desire
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