Definition for Pruriency:

• feeling morbid sexual desire

Synonyms for Pruriency:

• n.

  •
  • desire,
  • itch,
  • concupiscence,
  • passion.
  •desire (noun)
  • frenzy,
  • doting,
  • covetousness,
  • propensity,
  • lechery,
  • craze,
  • rapaciousness,
  • lasciviousness,
  • liking,
  • attraction,
  • libido,
  • solicitude,
  • prurience,
  • admiration,
  • need,
  • urge,
  • proclivity,
  • voracity,
  • eagerness,
  • relish,
  • cupidity,
  • greed,
  • aspiration,
  • craving,
  • appetite,
  • ravenousness,
  • ambition,
  • love,
  • hankering,
  • predilection,
  • thirst,
  • fondness,
  • rapture,
  • inclination,
  • fancy,
  • motive,
  • devotion,
  • yearning,
  • avidity,
  • hunger,
  • wish,
  • will,
  • fascination,
  • infatuation,
  • ardor,
  • mania,
  • fervor.
  •erotism (noun)
  • Arousals,
  • arousal.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • lustfulness,
  • Amativeness,
  • eroticism,
  • erotism,
  • libidinousness.

Antonyms for Pruriency:

• n.

  • desire
    disgust, discouragement, hate, hatred, antipathy, calm, indifference, loathing, repulsion, satisfaction, disinterest, revulsion, disinclination, coolness, aversion, distaste, dislike, peacefulness, apathy, calmness.

Pruriency Sentence Examples:

• F. 's plays are full of wit and sparkle and, though often coarse, have not the malignant pruriency of some of his predecessors.

• There is none of that veiled pruriency which lurks underneath the more conventionally expressed, but really vicious sentiments that are to be found in too many novels of our own day.