The meaning of Sexy

adjective

Powerfully and mysteriously attractive or fascinating; seductive.

Usage examples:

The town offers alluring shops and restaurants

verb

Powerfully attract or charm; tempt.

Usage examples:

Will sponsors really be allured by such opportunities?

adjective

Attractive or exciting

Usage examples:

I didn't find the prospect of a house with no electricity very alluring., she was wearing a most al…

adjective

Attractive or interesting.

Usage examples:

Village life is somehow more appealing

verb

Make a serious, urgent, or heartfelt request.

Usage examples:

Police are appealing for information about the incident

adjective

Interesting and attractive

Usage examples:

The package describing european tours certainly made them seem appealing.

adjective

Behaving in such a way as to suggest a playful sexual attraction; flirtatious.

Usage examples:

A coquettish grin

adjective

Trying to attract attention by pretending to be sexually interested in someone, in a pleasant but not serious way

Usage examples:

She greeted him with a coquettish smile., she is a fresh-faced, coquettish, giggly girl.

adjective

Wished for as being an attractive, useful, or necessary course of action.

Usage examples:

It is desirable to check that nothing has been forgotten

noun

A desirable person or thing.

Usage examples:

The store sells various desirables

adjective

Worth wanting or having

Usage examples:

Good pay and interesting work make this a very desirable job., the new store is in a highly desirab…

adjective

Causing great enthusiasm and eagerness.

Usage examples:

One of the most exciting matches i've ever seen

verb

Cause (someone) to feel very enthusiastic and eager.

Usage examples:

Flying still excites me

adjective

Making you feel excited

Usage examples:

An exciting movie/soundtrack, you're going to africa? how exciting!, it was a really exciting match.

adjective

Sexually attractive.

Usage examples:

She was voted best female solo artist and the most fanciable female

adjective

Sexually attractive

Usage examples:

This glen bloke - is he fanciable?

adjective

Characteristic of, influenced by, or representing a current popular style.

Usage examples:

Fashionable clothes

adjective

Wearing clothes, doing things, and going to places that are considered stylish or acceptable

Usage examples:

They are a fashionable couple., fashionable restaurants/clothing, fashionably dressed women, we wer…

adjective

Popular at a particular time or among a particular group of people

Usage examples:

It's no longer fashionable to boast about how big your bonus is., they bought a house in a fashiona…

adjective

Relating to or affecting cats or other members of the cat family.

Usage examples:

Feline leukaemia

noun

A cat or other member of the cat family.

Usage examples:

But except for the florida felines, as far as one can tell, wild cougars no longer live east of the…

adjective

Of or like an animal of the cat family

adjective

Behaving in such a way as to suggest a playful sexual attraction to someone.

Usage examples:

She was beautiful and very flirtatious

adjective

Behaving as if you are interested in someone, in a not serious way

Usage examples:

She had a lively, outgoing manner and was a bit flirtatious at times.

adjective

Having a high degree of heat or a high temperature.

Usage examples:

It was hot inside the hall

verb

Make or become hot.

Usage examples:

He hotted up the flask

adjective

Having a high temperature

Usage examples:

A hot day, a hot meal, it’s hotter in ohio than it is here., matt makes his little sister hot choco…

adjective

Arousing curiosity or interest; holding or catching the attention.

Usage examples:

An interesting debate

verb

Excite the curiosity or attention of (someone).

Usage examples:

I thought the book might interest eliot

adjective

Holding one’s attention

Usage examples:

An interesting thing happened on the trip back.

adjective

Arousing one's curiosity or interest; fascinating.

Usage examples:

An intriguing story

verb

Arouse the curiosity or interest of; fascinate.

Usage examples:

I was intrigued by your question

adjective

Offering the promise of an attractive or enjoyable experience.

Usage examples:

The sea down there looks so inviting

verb

Make a polite, formal, or friendly request to (someone) to go somewhere or to do something.

Usage examples:

We were invited to a dinner at the embassy

adjective

Attractive

Usage examples:

The kitchen is cheerful and inviting.

adjective

(of food or drink) having a pleasingly rich, sweet taste.

Usage examples:

A luscious and fragrant dessert wine

adjective

Having a pleasant sweet taste or smell

Usage examples:

Luscious fruit tarts and cream pies, she slipped into her luscious pale pink silk pajamas.

adjective

(of a young woman) sexually attractive.

Usage examples:

He employed a procession of nubile young secretaries

adjective

A nubile woman is young and sexually attractive

Usage examples:

Rich old men often like to be surrounded by nubile young women.

adjective

Causing anger or another strong reaction, especially deliberately.

Usage examples:

A provocative article

adjective

Tempting and attractive; enticing.

Usage examples:

A seductive voice

adjective

Making you do, have, or believe something because it is very attractive

Usage examples:

Their marketing campaign was slick and seductive., a seductive black dress

adjective

Relating to or involving gratification of the senses and physical, especially sexual, pleasure.

Usage examples:

The production of the ballet is sensual and passionate

adjective

Expressing or suggesting physical pleasure

Usage examples:

A sensual mouth, they shared the sensual satisfaction of french food.

adjective

(especially of a woman or part of her body) having an attractive or well-proportioned shape.

Usage examples:

The shots have been manipulated to enhance the star's shapely figure

adjective

Having an attractive appearance

Usage examples:

Businesswomen are wearing shapely suits.

adjective

(of a garment) fitting closely to the lines of the body.

Usage examples:

A slinky black evening dress

adjective

(of women’s clothes) fitting the body closely

Usage examples:

I like simple, slinky long dresses.

adjective

Encouraging or arousing interest or enthusiasm.

Usage examples:

A rich and stimulating working environment

verb

Raise levels of physiological or nervous activity in (the body or any biological system).

Usage examples:

The women are given fertility drugs to stimulate their ovaries

adjective

Causing enthusiasm and interest

Usage examples:

The conversation was stimulating, witty, and learned.

adjective

(of the air or weather) hot and humid.

Usage examples:

The sultry late summer weather had brought swarms of insects

adjective

(of weather) very hot and humid (= with air that contains very small drops of water)

Usage examples:

It was a sultry night, and i was walking home., a sultry dance

adjective

Tormenting or teasing with the sight or promise of something unobtainable.

Usage examples:

A tantalizing glimpse of the career he might have had

verb

Torment or tease (someone) with the sight or promise of something that is unobtainable.

Usage examples:

Such ambitious questions have long tantalized the world's best thinkers

adjective

Causing excitement, interest, and desire

Usage examples:

A tantalizing question, a tantalizing job offer

adjective

Appealing to or attracting someone, even if wrong or unwise.

Usage examples:

A tempting financial offer

verb

Entice or try to entice (someone) to do something that they find attractive but know to be wrong or unwise.

Usage examples:

There'll always be someone tempted by the rich pickings of poaching

adjective

If something is tempting, you want to do or have it

Usage examples:

A tempting offer, that pie looks very tempting., [ + to infinitive ] it's tempting to blame video g…

adjective

Very fashionable or up to date.

Usage examples:

I enjoyed being able to go out and buy trendy clothes

noun

A person who is very fashionable or up to date.

Usage examples:

Taiwan's well-heeled young trendies

adjective

Curvaceous and sexually attractive (typically used of a woman).

Usage examples:

The backless gown was flattering; she was not a very voluptuous woman, but she was certainly not sh…

adjective

(esp. of women) having a full, curving shape