sex-ridden
sex-ridden adjective: excessively concerned with or driven by sex.
Adjective
sex-ridden (comparative more sex-ridden, superlative most sex-ridden)
- Excessively concerned with or driven by sex.
- When the Gem and Magnet were started it is probable that there was a deliberate intention to get away from the guilty sex-ridden atmosphere that pervaded so much of the earlier literature for boys.1940, George Orwell, “Boys’ Weeklies”, in Inside the Whale, London: Victor Gollancz, page 96
- […] higher education has failed to keep the flame of true learning or guide today’s students, many of whom appear to Bloom to be sex-ridden moneygrubbers marching to the beat of rock music […]1987 August 17, Ezra Bowen, “Are Student Heads Full of Emptiness?”, in Time, archived from the original on 25 Aug 2013
Forms of sex-ridden
| comparative | more sex-ridden |
|---|---|
| superlative | most sex-ridden |
Origin of sex-ridden
From sex + ridden.
Questions about sex-ridden
- What does sex-ridden mean?
- Sex-ridden means excessively concerned with or driven by sex.
- What part of speech is sex-ridden?
- Sex-ridden is an adjective.
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