pornographic

adjective

por·​no·​graph·​ic ¦pȯ(r)nə¦grafik How to pronounce pornographic (audio)
-fēk
Synonyms of pornographicnext
: of or relating to licentious art or literature : pandering to base appetite or desire : descriptive or suggestive of lewdness : obscene
only the prurient could consider the sequence pornographic—A. L. Mayer
merely gross, a scatological rather than a pornographic impropriety—Aldous Huxley
pornographically
-fə̇k(ə)lē How to pronounce pornographic (audio)
-fēk-, 
-li
adverb

Word History

Etymology

pornography + -ic

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