pornographic

adjective

Definition of pornographicnext
1
as in adult
dealing in or with explicitly sexual material opposition to a pornographic bookstore opening in the neighborhood

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2
as in obscene
depicting or referring to sexual matters in a way that is unacceptable in polite society the store kept all of its pornographic DVDs locked up, thus ensuring that they would be accessible only to adults

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pornographic
  1. adult
  2. obscene
  3. erotic
  4. vulgar
  5. sexy
  6. foul
  7. suggestive
Adjective
  • The next decades will witness, for the first time, the full impact of one-child families on adult Chinese society.
    Henry A. Kissinger, Foreign Affairs, 1 Mar. 2012
  • At first, the dynamic seems ambiguous: closer to that between a mom and her barely adult son than a wife and her husband.
    Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, 15 Nov. 2023
Definition of adult
Adjective
  • He was booked on charges of enticing a child under 16, distribution of obscene matter, and lascivious posing and exhibiting a child in the nude.
    Andrea Margolis, Fox News, 3 Dec. 2024
  • Of course, obscene content has been censored, and services that clearly broke intellectual property laws, like Napster, WikiLeaks, and The Pirate Bay were shuttered, but, for the average person, the internet remained broadly open in the United States.
    Callum Booth, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of obscene
Adjective
  • But the erotic drama has polarized audiences and didn’t exactly light up the Christmas box office, either, and the 17-time SAG nominee was ultimately passed over this year.
    Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025
  • While accepting the award for best actress at the National Board of Review Gala in New York City Tuesday, Jan. 7, the actress, 57, incorporated a steamy scene from the A24 erotic thriller into her acceptance speech.
    Angel Saunders, People.com, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of erotic
Adjective
  • The vast majority of females in the book are described with vulgar disrespect by the various characters and the narrator.
    Brittany Wallman, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
  • There is no excuse and no rationalization for a vulgar, inhumane act that senselessly took a life.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
Definition of vulgar
Adjective
  • But the parties happening before and after the awards show set the scene for even sexier fashions to take flight.
    Michelle Lee, People.com, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Forget boring party platter fodder and say hello to the new, improved melon: its more sustainable and much sexier.
    Rai Mincey, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
Definition of sexy
Adjective
  • Which brings us back to the Knicks’ glaring issues: minutes, foul calls, and rotations.
    Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 11 Jan. 2025
  • The captaincy tag had appeared to shake him from a foul mood that has festered as the series has worn on exacerbated by the youthful exuberance of brash upstart Sam Konstas, who has really gotten under his skin.
    Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2025
Definition of foul
Adjective
  • The appearance of weather conditions suggestive of La Niña, a climate phenomenon linked to drier conditions and drought in southern parts of the U.S., likely played a large part in priming southern California for extreme fire conditions this week.
    Antonio Pequeño IV, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
  • The stories were often suggestive, leaving plenty of room for the imagination to fill in the gaps.
    Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of suggestive
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