juicy

B1
US /ˈd͡ʒuːsi/
adj Freq #8332

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    full of juice

    The tomatoes are so juicy that you should be careful when biting them.

  2. 2
    adj

    lucrative or potentially beneficial

    The musician negotiated a juicy contract with the record company, since they were so popular.

  3. 3
    adj

    having strong sexual appeal

    The juicy bartenders caught many of the patron's eyes.

  4. 4
    adj

    Having lots of juice.

    a juicy peach

  5. 5
    adj

    Exciting; titillating.

    Near-synonyms: saucy, spicy

  6. 6
    adj

    Strong; thus, also painful.

    “Your head feels funny, doesn't it?” “It does rather,” I said, the bump I had given it had been a juicy one, and the temples were throbbing.

  7. 7
    adj

    suggestive of sexual impropriety

  8. 8
    adj

    Voluptuous, curvy, thick; sexy in those ways.

Etymology

From Middle English jousy, jowsy (“drunken”, literally “full of juice (liquor)”). By surface analysis, juic(e) + -y.

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Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · full of juice lush
2 adj · lucrative or potentially... fat
3 adj · having strong sexual appeal red-hot
4 adj · having lots of juice. sappysucculentsucculous
5 adj · exciting; titillating. saucyspicy
7 adj · suggestive of sexual... gamy
8 adj · voluptuous, curvy, thick;... alluringarousingattractivebangablebeautifulbeddablebedworthybonablebonerificbuffdeliciousdesirable
Word family
Derived forms juicilyjuiciness

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