hornier; horniest
1
a
: of or made of horn (see horn sense 1d)
a horny growth
b
: having a hard calloused surface or texture
horny skin
horny-handed
c
of a mineral
: compact and homogeneous with a dull luster
2
: having horns (see horn sense 1)
3
[horn erect penis + -y entry 1]
a
: desiring sexual gratification
horny teenagers
b
: excited sexually
horniness
noun
Synonyms
Examples of horny in a Sentence
in her view, “teenage boys are perpetually horny”
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Wolverine and Deadpool being gay and horny for each other goes against the grain of what superheroes generally are.
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Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 21 June 2024
And for the most part, its parade of cartoonish gangsters and horny sorority girls doesn’t.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 14 June 2024
And regardless of who gets cast, who falls in love, or how producers try to sway them, as soon as the cameras turn on, the participants become a horde of anxious, horny, drunk Schrödinger’s cats: The act of watching the experiment inevitably interferes with the experiment.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 4 June 2024
But the feathers of the bluebird, the kingfisher and other birds are colored blue due to the dispersion of the light striking minute air cells in the horny structure of the feathers.
—Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 14 May 2024
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Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 21 June 2024
And for the most part, its parade of cartoonish gangsters and horny sorority girls doesn’t.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 14 June 2024
And regardless of who gets cast, who falls in love, or how producers try to sway them, as soon as the cameras turn on, the participants become a horde of anxious, horny, drunk Schrödinger’s cats: The act of watching the experiment inevitably interferes with the experiment.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 4 June 2024
But the feathers of the bluebird, the kingfisher and other birds are colored blue due to the dispersion of the light striking minute air cells in the horny structure of the feathers.
—Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 14 May 2024
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“Horny.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/horny. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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horny
adjective
hornier; horniest
1
: made of horn or of something resembling horn
2
: hard entry 1 sense 1, callous
the horny layer of the skin of the hands
Medical Definition
horny
adjective
hornier; horniest
1
a
: composed of or resembling tough fibrous material consisting chiefly of keratin : keratinous
horny tissue
after the horny material has been … cut away—Morris Fishbein
Morris Fishbein
b
: being hard or callused
horny-handed
2
: having horns
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