Today’s word of the day is ‘Prurience‘ Let us understand more about this word.
[responsivevoice] Prurience [/responsivevoice] [proo r-ee-uh ns]
What is this word’s grammar?
The word is a noun, i.e., it is the subject of the sentence.
1. Desire
2. Inclined to have
3. Sexual desire
4. Characterized by lascivious
How is the word pronounced in popular languages?
1. Hindi – Kaamukata
2. Spanish – Lascivia
3. French – Lubricité
4. Mandarin – Hàosè
How to use this word in a sentence?
1. The prurience and prudery which have poisoned sexual life in the past are alike rendered impossible.
2. It is refreshing to turn from cynicism and prurience to gentle and more harmless pleasantry.
3. He never spoke on this subject with the slobbery grin of the voluptuary, or the leer of prurience.
4. In the meantime the captain was at his wits’ end to know what course was the best to pursue.
5. He could resign himself to his reveries, and pursue them into new subtleties day by day.
What are some synonyms of the word of the day?
Some synonyms of the word are:
Admiration, amativeness, ambition, appetite, ardor, aspiration, attraction, avidity, concupiscence, craving, craze, cupidity, devotion, eagerness, eroticism, erotism, fancy fascination, fervor, fondness, frenzy, greed, hankering, hunger, inclination, infatuation, itch, lasciviousness, lechery, libido, liking, love, lust, lustfulness, mania, motive, need, passion, predilection, proclivity, propensity, pruriency, rapaciousness, rapture, ravenousness, relish, salacity, solicitude, thirst, urge, veracity, will, wish, yearning, doting, libidinousness, etc.
What are some antonyms of the word of the day?
Some antonyms of the word of the day are:
Antipathy, apathy, aversion, calm, calmness, coolness, discouragement, disgust, disinclination, disinterest, dislike, distaste, hate, hatred, indifference, loathing, peacefulness, repulsion, revulsion, satisfaction, etc.
Quotation:
At its best, fiction cultivates fantasy and compassion; at its worst, memoir provokes schadenfreude and prurience. The ugly truth, I fear, is that many people are drawn to sensational memoirs for the same reason they watch ‘The Apprentice’: they like to witness actual suffering, before-your-very-eyes humiliation.
Julia Glass
Social Example:
hollywood's the biggest mark for this russiagate bullshit. https://t.co/BUswiRjeZJ
— Yasha Levine (@yashalevine) October 24, 2020
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