horny
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horny
- /ˈhɔːni/ UK
- /ˈhoɹni/ US
Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)ni
Where it comes from
From Middle English horny, equivalent to horn + -y. Compare German hornig. Compare also Dutch hoornachtig, Swedish hornaktig, Old English hyrniġ (“angular”). Piecewise doublet of corny.
adjective hornier · horniest
- Hard or bony, like an animal's horn. Two Dwarfs were at the bellows, another was holding a piece of red-hot metal on the anvil with a pair of tongs, a fourth was hammering it, and two, wiping their horny little hands on a greasy cloth, were coming forward to meet the visitors.
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Having the hard consistency and pale colour of an animal's horn.
She could not see, for her whitish eyes were covered with a horny film.
Similar: ceratose
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Having horns.
In 1997, 4th and 5th grade Waterville Elementary students told me they saw Short-horned lizards (commonly known as Horny toads) all around their area.
Similar: horned
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Sexually aroused.
[H]er thick, gurgling voice saying […]: "Get it in all the way… please, please do… I’m horny."
Similar: horned up, lustful, lusty, randy, toey, in heat, thirsty, ablaze, amorous, aroused, buckish, concupiscent
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Sexually exciting; arousing.
It's hard to find good fanart of this character because most of the drawings are super horny.
Similar: alluring, arousing, attractive, bangable, beautiful, beddable, bedworthy, bonable, bonerific, buff, delicious, desirable
noun hornies
- A policeman. Can't blame them after all with the job they have especially the young hornies.
- A cow.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: hornlike, horned, corneous, ruttish, randy, sexy, hard, aroused, turned on, operculum, itchy, band, hot, warm, caning, exciting
Translations
Every language
adj hard or bony
| Español | córneo |
|---|---|
| Português | caloso, calejado, córneo |
| Français | corné |
| Deutsch | hornig, schwielig |
| Italiano | corneo |
| Ελληνικά | κεράτινος kerátinos |
| Русский | рогово́й rogovój, мозо́листый mozólistyj |
| Tiếng Việt | cứng |
adj having horns
| 中文 | 角質 /角质 jiǎozhì |
|---|---|
| Português | chifrudo |
| Français | cornu |
| Deutsch | gehörnt |
| Italiano | cornuto |
| Русский | рога́тый rogátyj |
| العربية | أَقْرَن ʔaqran |
adj sexually aroused
| Español | jodontón, cachondo, caliente, arrecho, excitado, alzado |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | むらむら muramura, 性的興奮 seiteki kōfun |
| 中文 | 騷 /骚 sāo |
| हिन्दी | कामोत्तेजित kāmottejit, उत्तेजित uttejit |
| Kiswahili | nyege |
| Português | excitado, com tesão |
| Français | chaud, excité |
| Deutsch | geil, heiß, erregt, spitz, rollig |
| Italiano | eccitato, infoiato, arrapato |
| Ελληνικά | καυλωμένος kavloménos |
| Română | excitat, în călduri |
| Русский | возбуждённый vozbuždjónnyj |
| Tiếng Việt | nứng, cương |
| العربية | هَائِج hāʔij |
| עברית | חרמן kharmán, חרמנית kharmánít |
adj sexually arousing
| Deutsch | geil |
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