Having horns or hornlike projections. Gay. [1913 Webster]
Composed or made of horn, or of a substance resembling horn; of the nature of horn. Ray. [1913 Webster]
Hard; callous. Dryden. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

horny, adj. (hornier, horniest)
1 of or like horn.
2 hard like horn, callous (horny-handed).
3 sl. sexually excited.

Derivative

horniness n.

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THESAURUS

horny

acanthoid, acanthous, acicular, acuate, aculeate, aculeiform, acuminate, acute, animal, aphrodisiomaniacal, barbed, bawdy, bony, carnal, cement, cemental, clitoromaniacal, concrete, concupiscent, corneous, cornuted, cusped, cuspidate, dense, diamondlike, dirty, dure, ejaculatory, erotic, eroticomaniacal, erotomaniacal, fleshly, flintlike, flinty, goatish, granitelike, granitic, gynecomaniacal, hard, hard as nails, hardhearted, hispid, horned, hot, hot-blooded, hysteromaniacal, iron-hard, ironlike, itching, ithyphallic, lapideous, lascivious, lecherous, lewd, libidinous, lickerish, lithoid, lithoidal, lubricious, lustful, marble, marblelike, mucronate, needle-pointed, needle-sharp, nymphomaniacal, obdurate, obscene, orgasmic, orgastic, osseous, passionate, pointed, priapic, pronged, prurient, randy, resistant, resistive, rocklike, rocky, salacious, satyric, sensual, sex-starved, sexual, sexy, sharp-pointed, solid, spiculate, spiked, spiky, spined, spinous, spiny, steamy, steellike, steely, stonelike, stony, tapered, tapering, tined, toothed, tough, unbated, unsatisfied

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ROGET THESAURUS

horny

Hardness

N hardness, rigidity, renitence, renitency, inflexibility, temper, callosity, durity, induration, petrifaction, lapidification, lapidescence, vitrification, ossification, crystallization, stone, pebble, flint, marble, rock, fossil, crag, crystal, quartz, granite, adamant, bone, cartilage, hardware, heart of oak, block, board, deal board, iron, steel, cast iron, decarbonized iron, wrought iron, nail, brick, concrete, cement, hard, rigid, stubborn, stiff, firm, starch, starched, stark, unbending, unlimber, unyielding, inflexible, tense, indurate, indurated, gritty, proof, adamant, adamantine, adamantean, concrete, stony, granitic, calculous, lithic, vitreous, horny, corneous, bony, osseous, ossific, cartilaginous, hard as a rock, stiff as buckram, stiff as a poker, stiff as starch, stiff as as board.

Sexuality

N sex, sexuality, gender, male, masculinity, maleness, female, femininity, sexual intercourse, copulation, mating, coitus, sex, lovemaking, marital relations, sexual union, sleeping together, carnal knowledge, sex instinct, sex drive, libido, lust, concupiscence, hots, horns, arousal, heat, rut, estrus, oestrus, tumescence, erection, hard-on, boner, masturbation, self-gratification, autoeroticism, onanism, self- abuse, orgasm, climax, ejaculation, sexiness, attractiveness, sensuality, voluptuousness, fornication, adultery, sex symbol, sex goddess, stud, hunk, one-night stand, pornography, porn, porno, hardcore pornography, softcore pornography, pin-up, cheesecake, beefcake, Playboy, Esquire, Hustler, perversion, deviation, sexual abnormality, fetish, fetishism, homosexuality, lesbianism, bisexuality, sodomy, buggery, pederasty, sadism, masochism, sado-masochism, incest, sexy, erotic, sexual, carnal, sensual, hot, horny, randy, rutting, passionate, lusty, hot-blooded, libidinous, up, in the mood, homosexual, gay, lesbian, bisexual.

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