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prurient

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore P words

having an excessive interest in sexual matters

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Prurient in a sentence

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The article appealed to prurient curiosity rather than serious news.

Synonyms
lasciviouslewdsalaciouslustful
Antonyms
chastepuremodest

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Critics complained that the documentary's narration was relentlessly blank, hammering home its single thesis so often that viewers felt lectured rather than informed.

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Prurient (adjective) means having an excessive interest in sexual matters
Here is prurient used in an example sentence: "The article appealed to prurient curiosity rather than serious news."
Common synonyms for prurient include lascivious, lewd, salacious, lustful.
Antonyms of prurient include chaste, pure, modest.
Prurient is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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