sexy
UK/ˈsɛksi/
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Australia/ˈseksi/
sexy adjective: having sex appeal; attractive.
Adjective (1)
sexy (comparative sexier, superlative sexiest)
- Having sex appeal; attractive.
- The participants in the swimsuit competition are all very sexy.
- She has a sexy voice!
- Antonyms:
- sexless
- Intriguing, appealing, likely to excite interest.
- The manufacturers have launched a sexy new car.
- We have some sexy ideas on how to improve sales.
- Sexual; relating to or involving sex.
- He didn't really like me; all he wanted was for me to be sexy with him.
Adjective (2)
sexy (not comparable)
- Used to describe prime numbers that differ from each other by six.
- (73,79) is a sexy prime pair.
sexy meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
sexy in Hindi
- having sexual appeal
- सेक्सी seksī
sexy in Tamil
- கவர்ச்சி காட்டும்
sexy in Marathi
- having sexual appeal
- सेक्सी seksī
sexy in Urdu
- سیکسی
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- sexy in Telugu
- సెక్సీ, సెక్సీగా
- sexy in Malayalam
- ലെെംഗികത്വമേറെയുള്ള, കാമഭാവമുള്ള, കാമോദ്ദീ പകമായ, ലെെംഗികാകർഷണശക്തിയുള്ള
- sexy in Kannada
- ಸೆಕ್ಸಿ, ಸೆಕ್ಸಿಯಾಗಿ
- sexy in Punjabi
- ਸੈਕਸੀ
- sexy in Sanskrit
- शृङ्गारिन् śṛṅgārin, काम्य kāmya
- sexy in Tagalog
- seksi
- sexy in Arabic
- جَذَّاب jaḏḏāb, جِنْسِيّ jinsiyy, مُثِير لِلشَّهْوَة muṯīr li-š-šahwa, سِيكْسِي seksī
- sexy in Indonesian
- seksi
- sexy in Persian
- جذاب jazzâb, سکسی seksi
- sexy in Thai
- เซ็กซี่ séksêe
- sexy in Vietnamese
- quyến rũ, cuốn hút, hấp dẫn, gợi cảm
Examples of sexy in a sentence
- Stupid sexy Flanders!
- Being an undertaker is not a sexy career.
- If you want my body and you think I'm sexy / Come on sugar let me know1978, “Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?”, in Blondes Have More Fun, performed by Rod Stewart:
- Creamy cheese, tangy-sweet peppers, and a hit of heat tango in this sexy deviled-egg combo.2013, Kathy Casey, D'Lish Deviled Eggs, page 67:
- "The management of the quay walls and bridges has lagged behind in recent decades because it was not given the political priority it deserves and it is not a sexy topic," says Dijksma.2020, Katja Brokke, “Amsterdam has been collapsing for years. Now it's paying the price”, in CNN Travel:
Synonyms of sexy
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Antonyms
Forms of sexy
| comparative | sexier |
|---|---|
| superlative | sexiest |
Origin of sexy
From sex + -y.
From Latin sex (“six”) + -y, intended as a pun.
Words formed from sexy
Phrases with sexy
Words that rhyme with sexy
Questions about sexy
- What does sexy mean?
- Sexy means having sex appeal; attractive.
- What is sexy in Hindi?
- Sexy in Hindi is सेक्सी (seksī). See Sexy meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use sexy in a sentence?
- Stupid sexy Flanders!
- What part of speech is sexy?
- Sexy is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce sexy?
- Sexy is pronounced /ˈsɛksi/ (UK).
Words near sexy in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: sexy (page history and authors); sexy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sexy (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sexy (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sexy (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); sexy (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sexy (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model 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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