pornographic
/ˌpɔː(ɹ)nəˈɡɹæfɪk/
pornographic adjective: containing an explicit depiction of sexual activity.
Adjective
pornographic (comparative more pornographic, superlative most pornographic)
- Containing an explicit depiction of sexual activity.
- Trying to write honestly about pornographic films is like trying to tie one's shoe while walking: it's practically impossible without sacrificing stride and balance and a certain amount of ordinary dignity, the sort one uses with bank tellers who question a signature.1973 January 21, Vincent Canby, “What Are We To Think of ‘Deep Throat’?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
- The intent to make the "MMR question" as serious as possible resulted in an almost pornographic obsession with suffering children.2021 May 26, Harry Brewis, 33:33 from the start, in Vaccines and Autism: A Measured Response, archived from the original on 30 Jul 2024
pornographic meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
pornographic in Hindi
- containing an explicit depiction of sexual activity
- वयस्क सामग्री vayask sāmagrī, अश्लील सामग्री aślīl sāmagrī
pornographic in Marathi
- containing an explicit depiction of sexual activity
- संभोगदर्शक sambhogdarśak
pornographic in Urdu
- pornographic, smutty
- فحش fuhś
pornographic in Bengali
- pornographic
- পর্নোগ্রাফিক pôrnographik
More languagesFewer languages
- pornographic in Malayalam
- അശ്ലീലസാഹിത്യമായ, അശ്ലീലചിത്രമോ സാഹിത്യമോ ഉൾക്കൊണ്ട, അശ്ലീലാശയങ്ങൾ നിറഞ്ഞ, കാമോദ്ദീപക
- pornographic in Tagalog
- pornograpiko
- pornographic in Indonesian
- pornografis
- pornographic in Thai
- ลามก laa-mók
- pornographic in Vietnamese
- khiêu dâm
Synonyms of pornographic
Antonyms
Forms of pornographic
| comparative | more pornographic |
|---|---|
| superlative | most pornographic |
Origin of pornographic
From pornography + -ic.
Words formed from pornographic
Words that rhyme with pornographic
- traffic
- graphic
- sapphic
- orthographic
- photographic
- seraphic
- acrographic
- alveographic
- biogeographic
- cartographic
- dendrographic
- maffick
3 more rhymesFewer rhymes
Questions about pornographic
- What does pornographic mean?
- Pornographic means containing an explicit depiction of sexual activity.
- What is pornographic in Hindi?
- Pornographic in Hindi is वयस्क सामग्री (vayask sāmagrī), अश्लील सामग्री (aślīl sāmagrī). See Pornographic meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is pornographic?
- Pornographic is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce pornographic?
- Pornographic is pronounced /ˌpɔː(ɹ)nəˈɡɹæfɪk/.
Words near pornographic in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: pornographic (page history and authors); فحش (Urdu) (page history and authors); পর্নোগ্রাফিক (Bengali) (page history and authors); pornographic (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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