LUBRICIOUS Synonyms: 60 Similar and Opposite Words

lubricious

adjective

lü-ˈbri-shəs

variants or lubricous

Definition of lubricious

as in passionate

having a strong sexual desire played a lubricious soap opera character who was in multiple relationships

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Recent Examples of lubricious Whenever the lovers escape the family’s attention, the lighting designer Isabella Byrd throws deep shadows over their sometimes naked forms, turning their bodies into lubricious, moving Caravaggios. — Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 26 June 2025 The sensational engine gathers the car's haunches to spew you onto the following straights in great, lubricious spendings of energy. — Larry Griffin, Car and Driver, 24 Apr. 2023 Pascal played lubricious movie star Dieter Bravo in Judd Apatow's semi-improvised comedy about a group of actors attempting to shoot a preposterous dinosaur movie during the pandemic. — Clark Collis, EW.com, 19 Apr. 2022 For all of Sabbath’s lubricious opportunism, Drenka is his one love. — The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2021 Some of it is merely lubricious; some of it verges on the profound. — Ben Brantley, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2017

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Adjective

Over the last six months of development, Carla has certainly proved to be a passionate writer and producer.

— Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2026
Three decades removed, Westwood is still a cinematic ghost town that passionate film lovers are trying to revive.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of passionate

Adjective

Which way silverware should be placed in a dishwasher is the subject of hot debates.

— Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Sep. 2026
When combined with a hot blanket of the humidity the city has endured throughout the summer, players could be forced to withdraw from their matches or push through, risking injury.

— Aaron Short, Curbed, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of hot

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

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