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单词 unerotic
释义

unerotic

adjective

un·​erot·​ic ˌən-i-ˈrä-tik How to pronounce unerotic (audio)
: marked by an absence of sexual desire or arousal : not erotic
an unerotic embrace
… I must say that eroticism is not this novel's problem. Rather it's a distinctly unerotic verbosity. Jack Sullivan
unerotically
ˌən-i-ˈrä-ti-k(ə-)lē How to pronounce unerotic (audio)
adverb

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The director Ninja Thyberg’s new film is graphic yet deeply unerotic. David Sims, The Atlantic, 19 May 2022 Holbein was sensitive but cautiously unerotic in picturing women, who are usually sombre. Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2022 Surprisingly, McKay offers nothing more graphic than that rather unerotic image. Michael Dirda, Washington Post, 5 Feb. 2020

Word History

First Known Use

1930, in the meaning defined above

unerotic

adjective

as in unsexy

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • unsexy
  • nonerotic
  • decorous
  • innocuous
  • inoffensive
  • seemly
  • polite
  • decent
  • proper
  • clean

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • erotic
  • sexy
  • amorous
  • erogenous
  • erotogenic
  • amatory
  • erotical
  • autoerotic
  • sensual
  • aphrodisiac
  • aphrodisiacal
  • steamy
  • sensuous
  • carnal
  • fleshly
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