Horny — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

feeling great sexual desire

having horns or hornlike projections

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/hˈɔːɹni/

🇬🇧British English

/hˈaɪdɹəfˌəʊbi/

🇮🇳Indian English

/hˈaɪdɹəfˌəʊbi/

2 syllables Say it as /hˈɔːɹni/.

Examples

feeling horny
horny coral
horny (or horned) frog

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

ruttish corneous randy aroused turned on steamy hornlike

Parts of Speech

adjective	feeling great sexual desire “feeling horny”
adjective	having horns or hornlike projections “horny coral”
adjective	made of horn (or of a substance resembling horn)

Word Forms

horniness	noun	a state of sexual arousal
horn	noun	one of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulates

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

geil

großes sexuelles Verlangen verspüren

🇫🇷French

corné

ressentir un grand désir sexuel

🇪🇸Spanish

córneo

sintiendo un gran deseo sexual

🇮🇹Italian

corneo

provare un grande desiderio sessuale

🇳🇱Dutch

geil

een groot seksueel verlangen voelen

🇵🇹Portuguese

tesão

sentindo grande desejo sexual

🇷🇺Russian

роговой

чувство сильного сексуального желания

India

🇮🇳Hindi

सींग का बना

तीव्र यौन इच्छा महसूस होना

🇧🇩Bengali

শৃঙ্গাকার

মহান যৌন ইচ্ছা অনুভব করা

🇮🇳Tamil

கொம்பு

மிகுந்த பாலியல் ஆசையை உணர்கிறேன்

🇮🇳Telugu

కొమ్ముగల

గొప్ప లైంగిక కోరిక అనుభూతి

🇮🇳Marathi

खडबडीत

प्रचंड लैंगिक इच्छा जाणवणे

🇮🇳Gujarati

શિંગડા

મહાન જાતીય ઇચ્છા અનુભવો

🇮🇳Kannada

ಕೊಂಬಿನ

ದೊಡ್ಡ ಲೈಂಗಿಕ ಬಯಕೆಯ ಭಾವನೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

കൊമ്പുള്ള

വലിയ ലൈംഗികാസക്തി അനുഭവപ്പെടുന്നു

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਸਿੰਗ

ਬਹੁਤ ਵੱਡੀ ਜਿਨਸੀ ਇੱਛਾ ਮਹਿਸੂਸ ਕਰਨਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

سینگ

زبردست جنسی خواہش محسوس کرنا

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

欲火中烧

感觉性欲旺盛

🇯🇵Japanese

角質の

素晴らしい性欲を感じている

🇰🇷Korean

흥분한

성적 욕망이 크다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

đam mê

cảm thấy ham muốn tình dục lớn

🇹🇭Thai

มีเขา

รู้สึกมีความต้องการทางเพศมาก

🇮🇩Indonesian

terangsang

merasakan hasrat seksual yang besar

🇵🇭Filipino

malibog

nakakaramdam ng matinding sekswal na pagnanais

🇲🇾Malay

miang

merasakan keinginan seksual yang hebat

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

أقرن

الشعور برغبة جنسية كبيرة

🇮🇷Persian

شاخدار

احساس میل جنسی زیاد

🇹🇷Turkish

azgın

büyük cinsel istek hissetmek

🇮🇱Hebrew

מְיוֹבָּל

מרגיש תשוקה מינית גדולה

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