Usage: informal
- Sexually attractive
"our new lecturer is sexy";
- lush [Brit, informal], hot [informal], dishy [Brit, informal], tasty [Brit, informal], smoking [informal], yummy [informal]
- Marked by or tending to arouse sexual desire or interest
"sexy poses"; "a sexy book"; "sexy jokes"; "feeling sexy"; "sexy clothes"
- Stimulating sexual desire
"The sexy effects of the herb were well-known";
- aphrodisiac, aphrodisiacal
- Popular and considered appealing or fashionable at the time
"Oversized sunglasses were sexy that summer";
- fashionable, in fashion, happening [informal], trendy [informal]
Derived forms: sexiest, sexier
See also: adult, aroused, autoerotic, babelicious [N. Amer, informal], beddable [informal], big, blue [informal], bootylicious [US, informal], come-hither [informal], coquettish, erotic, exciting, flirtatious, flirty, foxy [informal], fruity [Brit, informal], gamey [N. Amer], gamy [N. Amer], highly-sexed, hot [informal], hunky [informal], intimate, juicy [informal], lascivious, lecherous, leering, lewd, libidinous, lubricious, luscious [informal], lustful, naughty [informal], orgiastic, oversexed, popular, porn [informal], pornographic, provocative, prurient, racy, raunchy [informal], red-hot [informal], risqué, salacious, seductive, sexed, sex-starved, sexual, spicy [informal], steamy, titillating [informal], toothsome [informal], turned on, voluptuous
Antonym: unsexy
Encyclopedia: Sexy, Peru