GOATISH Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

goatish

adjective

Definition of goatish

as in passionate

having a strong sexual desire a seedy grind house that was patronized mainly by goatish men wearing raincoats

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Adjective

Fans were insanely passionate and regionally focused, and the game reflected that.

— Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
Seeing what resonates with consumers and how that translates into numbers is something Fields has long been passionate about.

— Colleen McKown, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of passionate

Adjective

Credit stress at CoreWeave, concerns over corporate AI spending and another hot inflation report erased more than $1 trillion from 20 of the world's largest AI and semiconductor stocks this week.

— Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026
Another hot Thursday rumor said that Rice also met recently with NBCUniversal about a post there.

— Matt Donnelly, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of hot

Adjective

Robert also identifies the lustful subtext of Bret’s fixation on Robert and Susan together.

— Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2026
In March, the Miami Herald also joined Welty and the Croc Docs on a trip deep in the interior of the northern Everglades to track down lustful male pythons.

— Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 2 July 2026

Definition of lustful

Adjective

La Nueva Violencia is a smirking, libidinous play for the dance floor, picking up where the distorted guitars of the last record left off and channeling each new riff into sleazy post-punk and electroclash that stick to the body like sweaty velvet.

— Richard Villegas, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2026
The 10-minute score, with begins with a virtuosic timpani solo, is meant to evoke the libidinous atmosphere in Mexico City dance clubs in the 1980s.

— Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2026

Definition of libidinous

Adjective

Caruso has been charged with kidnapping, lewd or lascivious molestation, lewd or lascivious exhibition, luring or enticing a child, and child abuse inflicting mental injury.

— Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026
Count 6, lewd and lascivious conduct against a child under 16.

— Nikiya Carrero, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of lascivious

Adjective

Alexandra Cabot is a fighter, tackling everything from complex war crimes to dismantling the typically lecherous (and fictional) Hudson University.

— Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 19 June 2026
But a more critical event in his life was a scandal involving John Wilkes, who was famously ugly, brilliant, radical, and lecherous.

— Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 8 June 2026

Definition of lecherous

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