horny

English

A horny male Nubian ibex.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ˈhɔɹ.ni/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)ni

Adjective

horny (comparative hornier, superlative horniest)

1. Hard or bony, like an animal's horn.
2. Having horns

   "In 1997, 4th and 5th grade Waterville Elementary students told me they saw Short-horned lizards (commonly known as Horny toads) all around their area." http://depts.washington.edu/natmap/projects/waterville/begin.html

3. (informal, vulgar) Sexually aroused.

   That girl makes me feel horny.

   • 1949, Henry Miller, Sexus:

     Her thick, gurgling voice saying...: "Get it in all the way... please, please do... I’m horny."

   • 1971 October, Black World, page 65/1: 

     Ain’t that the horny bitch that was grindin with the blind dude.

4. (informal) Sexually arousing.

   That chick is so horny!

Synonyms

• (hard or bony): callous, coarse, coarsened, hardened, rough
• (having horns): horned
• (sexually aroused): randy, toey, excited; see also Wikisaurus:randy
• (sexually arousing): hot, sexy
• See also Wikisaurus:sexy

Derived terms

• (sexually aroused): horniness

Translations

hard or bony

• Albanian: brinor (sq)
• Catalan: corni (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 粗硬的 (cū yìng de)

• Czech: rohovitý (cs) m
• Dutch: hoornig (nl)
• Finnish: luinen (fi)
• French: corné (fr) m, cornée (fr) f
• German: hornig (de), schwielig (de)
• Greek: κεράτινος (el) (kerátinos) m

• Hungarian: szarus (hu)
• Italian: corneo (it)
• Macedonian: рогат (mk) (rógat) m
• Polish: rogowy (pl), zrogowaciały (pl)
• Portuguese: caloso (pt), calejado (pt), córneo (pt)
• Russian: роговой (ru) (rogovój), мозолистый (ru) (mozólistyj)
• Spanish: córneo (es)
• Swahili: nyege (sw)
• Walloon: coirnixheus (wa) m, coirnixheuse (wa) f

having horns

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 角質 (cmn), 角质 (cmn) (jiǎozhì)

• Czech: rohatý (cs) m
• Dutch: gehoornd (nl)
• Finnish: sarvekas (fi)
• French: cornu (fr) m

• Indonesian: bertanduk (id)
• Polish: rogaty (pl)
• Russian: рогатый (ru) (rogátyj)
• Swedish: behornad (sv)
• Walloon: coirnou (wa) m, coirnowe (wa) f

sexually aroused

• Albanian: epshor (sq)
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: calent (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (no real equivalent exists; lit. "lust consumes the body") 欲火焚身 (cmn) (yùhuǒfénshēn), (lit. "burning up") 慾火中繞, 欲火中绕 (yùhuǒ zhōng rào), (euphemism; "wanting") 想要 (cmn) (xiǎngyào), 欲求不满 (cmn) (yuqiubuman)

• Czech: nadržený (cs)
• Danish: liderlig (da)
• Dutch: geil (nl), opgewonden (nl)
• Faroese: graður (fo), gessigur (fo)
• Finnish: kiihottunut (fi); kiimainen (fi) (usually of animal)
• French: excité (fr) m, excitée (fr) f
• German: geil (de), heiß (de), erregt (de), spitz (de)
• Greek: καυλωμένος (el) (kavloménos)
• Hebrew: חרמן (he) (kharmán)
• Hindi: कामोत्तेजित (hi) (kāmottejit), उत्तेजित (hi) (uttejit)
• Hungarian: kanos (hu)
• Icelandic: graður (is)
• Italian: arrapato (it)

• Japanese: むらむら (ja) (muramura), 性的興奮 (せいてきこうふん, seiteki kōfun)
• Macedonian: запален (mk) (zápalen) m, запалена (mk) (zapálena) f, напален (mk) (nápalen) m, напалена (mk) (nápalena) f, попален (mk) (pópalen) m, попалена (mk) (popálena) f
• Norwegian: kåt (no), tent (no)
• Persian: شهوتی (fa) (shahvati)
• Polish: napalony (pl)
• Portuguese: doidão (pt), matando cachorro a grito (pt), excitado (pt)
• Romanian: excitat (ro)
• Russian: (сексуально seksuál'no) возбуждённый (ru) (vozbuždjónnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: drùiseil (gd)
• Serbo-Croatian: napaljen (sh) m, напаљен (sh) m
• Slovak: nadržaný (sk)
• Slovene: potrében (sl)
• Spanish: jodontón (es), cachondo (es), caliente (es), arrecho (es)
• Swahili: nyege (sw)
• Swedish: kåt (sv), tänd (sv)
• Turkish: abazan (tr)
• Vietnamese: nứng (vi)

sexually arousing

• Albanian: eksitues (sq)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (sexy) 性感 (cmn) (xìnggǎn)

• Dutch: geil (nl), opwindend (nl), spannend (nl)
• Finnish: kiihottava (fi), seksikäs (fi)
• French: excitant (fr) m, excitante (fr) f, (vulgar) bandant (fr)
• Greek: καυλωτικός (el) (kavlotikós)
• Hebrew: (slang) מחרמן (he) (mɛkharmeːn) m, (slang) מחרמנת (he) (mɛkharmeːnɛt) f

• Japanese: 性的興奮 (せいてきこうふん, seiteki kōfun)
• Macedonian: возбудлив (mk) (vózbudliv)
• Portuguese: um tesão (pt), excitante (pt)
• Russian: возбуждающий (ru) (vozbuždájuščij)
• Serbo-Croatian: napaljiv (sh), напаљив (sh)
• Swahili: nyege (sw)
• Swedish: upphetsande (sv)
• Vietnamese: gợi cảm (vi), gợi tình (vi)

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• Slovak: zrohovatený, stvrdnutý (1)