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
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.
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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
Based on Robert Altman’s Oscar-winning black comedy, this long-running CBS sitcom found humor and randy romance in the grimmest of places: An overwhelmed mobile army surgical hospital in the Korean War.
—Ew Staff Published, EW.com, 5 Sep. 2024
At the time of Claire Hough's murder, Kevin Brown was a bachelor in his 30s and had a randy reputation at the crime lab.
—Richard Schlesinger, CBS News, 6 July 2024
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Adjective
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Kepner is passionate about accountability and service journalism and encourages anyone to reach out to her to tell their story or share a tip.—
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Most importantly of all, the goal of an actor is to share it, have people see it and have strong, passionate feelings about it — good and sometimes bad.—
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Set up your own cafe with deals on this convenient one-cup coffee maker and best-selling milk frother, plus keep your coffee hot all day with this mug warmer.—
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Evan Peters and Rebecca Hall play government agents investigating some mysterious deaths of some very hot people, with Isabella Rossellini and Anthony Ramos also starring.—
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The show premiered over Thanksgiving weekend, when people were tired and full and bored (and probably also horny), and countered our world’s unceasing badness with its world’s buoyant sweetness.—
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Williams made an appropriately horny joke during an interview with Gayle King, while Storrie's interactions with The Bear star Ayo Edebiri made the rounds online.—
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“Randy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/randy. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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