HyperDic: eros

English > 2 senses of the word *Eros / eros*:
NOUN	person	Eros	(Greek mythology) god of love / love
NOUN	feeling	eros, sexual desire, concupiscence, physical attraction	a desire for sexual intimacy

Eros / eros > pronunciation
Sounds	ih'raas
Rhymes	albatross ... semigloss: 20 rhymes with aas...

English > *Eros*: 2 senses > noun 1, person
Meaning	(Greek mythology) god of love / love; son of Aphrodite; identified with Roman Cupid.
Category	Greek mythology	The mythology of the ancient Greeks
Instance of	Greek deity	A deity worshipped by the ancient Greeks
Spanish	Eros
Catalan	Eros
Adjectives	erotic	giving sexual pleasure

English > *eros*: 2 senses > noun 2, feeling
Meaning	A desire for sexual intimacy.
Synonyms	sexual desire, concupiscence, physical attraction
Narrower	amorousness, eroticism, erotism, sexiness, amativeness	The arousal / arousal of feelings of sexual desire
	anaphrodisia	decline or absence of sexual desire
	aphrodisia	A desire for heterosexual intimacy
	fetish	A form of sexual desire in which gratification depends to an abnormal degree on some object or item of clothing or part of the body
	lecherousness, lust, lustfulness	A strong sexual desire
	libido	(psychoanalysis) a Freudian term for sexual ... / sexual urge or desire
	love, sexual love, erotic love	A deep feeling of sexual desire and attraction
	nymphomania	abnormally intense sexual desire in women
	passion	A feeling of strong sexual desire
	satyriasis	abnormally intense sexual desire in men
	sensuality, sensualness, sensualism	desire for sensual / sensual pleasures
	the hots	Intense sexual desire
Broader	desire	The feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state
Spanish	atracción física, atracción secual, calentura, concupiscencia, deseo, deseo sexual, eros
Catalan	atracció física, concupiscència, desig sexual
Adjectives	erotic	giving sexual pleasure

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