Definition of HORNY

horny

Adjective Satellite

  • feeling great sexual desire
    • "feeling horny"
  • having horns or hornlike projections
    • "horny coral"
    • "horny (or horned) frog"
  • made of horn (or of a substance resembling horn)

Adj

  • Hard or bony, like an animal's horn.
  • Having the hard consistency and pale colour of an animal's horn.
  • Having horns.
  • Sexually aroused, with or without physical manifestation; experiencing a feeling of sexual desire.
  • Sexually arousing.
  • In a state of physical sexual arousal: experiencing tentigo, tumescence of the penis as a result of sexual arousal.

Adjective

  • Resembling or made of horn; hard and tough.

Examples

  • The old, dried-out tiles felt almost HORNY to the touch in his Words With Friends bag.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English horny, equivalent to horn + -y. Compare German hornig. Compare also Dutch hoornachtig, Swedish hornaktig, Old English hyrniġ (“angular”).

Scrabble Score: 11

horny: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
horny: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
horny: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

horny: valid Words With Friends Word