as in passionate
having a strong sexual desire
a booze-fueled off-campus party that was rife with randy frat boys hoping to score
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Recent Examples of randy
McNamara’s screenplays are equally strange and enchanting, but also florid, absurd and randy.
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Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 24 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile, Bull winds up in an unintended liaison with the randy Molasses (Michelle Buteau), which proves unfortunate when Honey unexpectedly bursts in on them.
—Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2025
Another member of the household who just happens to be passing by in one of the residence’s many hallways is Nadja, whose attraction to randy Englishmen seems to cross generational boundaries as well.
—Katie Rife, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2024
Bernadette’s unexpected arrival suggests that being randy runs in the family.
—Lisa Kennedy, The Denver Post, 19 Sep. 2024
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Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 24 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile, Bull winds up in an unintended liaison with the randy Molasses (Michelle Buteau), which proves unfortunate when Honey unexpectedly bursts in on them.
—Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2025
Another member of the household who just happens to be passing by in one of the residence’s many hallways is Nadja, whose attraction to randy Englishmen seems to cross generational boundaries as well.
—Katie Rife, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2024
Bernadette’s unexpected arrival suggests that being randy runs in the family.
—Lisa Kennedy, The Denver Post, 19 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for randy
Adjective
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Savannah is so passionate about the game.—
Tony Baranek,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2026
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Feelings of affection will become passionate.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
26 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Provide afternoon shade for asters grown in hot climates.—
Patricia S York,
Southern Living,
29 Apr. 2026
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As a result, the wide, shallow bay, with its lacework of shoals and basins, grows hot and hypersaline, killing seagrass, fueling algae blooms and hurting the economy of the Keys.—
Bill Kearney,
Sun Sentinel,
29 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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When the horny old men join the dance floor, hearts fall.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
22 Apr. 2026
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Underneath, this play suggests, British society in the 1920s was horny as all get out.—
Chris Jones,
New York Daily News,
20 Apr. 2026
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“Randy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/randy. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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