venery

noun

Definition of venerynext
1
as in wantonness

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2
as in concupiscence

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for venery
  1. concupiscence
  2. lust
  3. eroticism
  4. lechery
  5. hedonism
  6. greed
  7. desire
  8. rapacity
Noun
  • Gregory of Nyssa, contemplating the Christian horror of concupiscence, once theorized that had not Adam and Eve sinned, the two of them would have remained virgins and reproduced in whatever way angels did.
    David Harsanyi, National Review, 8 June 2023
  • The depictions are disturbingly romantic: seminude invaders among smoldering monuments, preening with bloodlust and concupiscence.
    Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic, 9 June 2020
Definition of concupiscence
Noun
  • Love, lust, and vulnerability have become signature themes for Hunxho, who hails from North Carolina but was raised in East Atlanta.
    Yoh Phillips, Billboard, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Like Water for Chocolate is a melodrama in the best possible sense of the word—a larger-than-life historical epic of love and lust, birth and death, duty and destiny.
    Judy Berman, TIME, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of lust
Noun
  • But nothing gets at the unabashed nature of Babygirl’s eroticism like that shot of Samuel tenderly cradling his lover like a child after having spent long hours holed up in a hotel room together indulging in lovemaking and games of dominance and submission.
    Alison Willmore, Vulture, 7 Sep. 2024
  • Vampires always had this potential, and indeed the eroticism is there in the source text, which the movie makes some changes to.
    James Grebey, TIME, 18 Oct. 2024
Definition of eroticism
Noun
  • Harper is under siege by multiple manifestations of toxic masculinity—lechery, neediness, condescension, even Geoffrey’s uncomfortable banter.
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 25 May 2022
  • Perrotta is up to his old tricks, painting a man’s thoughtless lechery in touching tones, inviting misreading.
    Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 13 June 2022
Definition of lechery
Noun
  • Gaga revisits The Fame’s hedonism with a tad more sophistication and, via Zedd, upgraded production.
    Kristen S. Hé, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2024
  • So, yeah, that was born out of a particular winter of hedonism—and one wild trip to Magaluf.
    Liam Hess, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2024
Definition of hedonism
Noun
  • Each had their lives cut short while fighting the good fight against unchecked corporate greed and environmental destruction.
    Jamie Lang, Variety, 17 Oct. 2024
  • Prosecutors, meanwhile, claimed the boys wanted their inheritance and murdered their parents for greed.
    Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2024
Definition of greed
Noun
  • Have both deceived themselves about their ambitions, their desires, their essential natures?
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2024
  • This innate desire for connection, however, combined with people’s reliance on technology, can lead to feelings of FOMO– fear of missing out – and anxiety during a digital detox.
    Discover Magazine, Discover Magazine, 7 Nov. 2024
Definition of desire
Noun
  • Or consider the explorers who left a cold and hungry Europe in search of tropical riches, only to realize that their own rapacity could quickly exhaust the bounty of an island paradise.
    Deborah R. Coen, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2014
  • Adjacent to the Gold Room was the Bravo Bazaar, a mall of real commercial rapacity.
    Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 17 Nov. 2023
Definition of rapacity
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