prurient (Meaning)

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prurient (s)

characterized by lust

The prurient jokes made by the comedian offended some audience members.
His prurient fascination with taboo subjects often led to uncomfortable conversations.
The novel was criticized for its prurient content, deemed inappropriate for younger readers.
Tabloid newspapers often appeal to prurient interests with sensationalized headlines.
She felt uncomfortable with the prurient stares from strangers as she walked down the street.
The movie's director was accused of including prurient scenes purely for shock value.
His prurient curiosity about his neighbor's personal life bordered on intrusive.
Despite its prurient themes, the book garnered widespread attention for its honest portrayal of human desires.
The gossip magazine was filled with prurient stories about celebrities' love lives.
Society's fascination with prurient material reflects a deeper cultural obsession with sex and scandal.

characterized by lust

obscene, smutty, filthy, lascivious, spicy, unpublishable, raunchy, suggestive, indecent, pornographic

Victorian, innocuous, inoffensive, puritanical, prudish, puritanical, G-rated, prudish, Victorian, decent

The prurient jokes made by the comedian offended some audience members.

His prurient fascination with taboo subjects often led to uncomfortable conversations.

The novel was criticized for its prurient content, deemed inappropriate for younger readers.

Tabloid newspapers often appeal to prurient interests with sensationalized headlines.