oversexed

adjective

over·​sexed ˌō-vər-ˈsekst How to pronounce oversexed (audio)
Synonyms of oversexednext
: exhibiting an excessive sexual drive or interest

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a movie about oversexed college students
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Elvis balked about recording the oversexed song. — Kim Willis, USA Today, 20 Sep. 2025 Victorian mores determined that brown men were too feminine and brown women too masculine, and the group as a whole was oversexed and in need of population control. — Supriya Ganesh, Vulture, 15 Apr. 2026 And Matt Bromley, the oversexed and undershamed executive of Pose. — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 12 Feb. 2026 On the left, Anderson trots out stock characters — the oversexed Black woman revolutionary, Leo's cuckolded white stoner, doctrinaire newcomers — from a Bob Hope skit about hippies. — Gustavo Arellano, Houston Chronicle, 25 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for oversexed

Word History

First Known Use

1898, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of oversexed was in 1898

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“Oversexed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oversexed. Accessed 8 Jul. 2026.

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