Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Appealing to or stimulating sexual desire.
- adjective Characterized by or indicating sexual desire; lustful.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Lustful; lecherous.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Having a propensity to venery; lustful; lecherous.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Promoting sexual desire orlust . - adjective
Lascivious ,bawdy ,obscene ,lewd .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective characterized by lust
- adjective suggestive of or tending to moral looseness
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Starting with “Married With Children”, the Fox network has always been the leader in salacious programming.
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Not that the sex is positive; while it has a certain salacious appeal, Auto Focus captures that sense of steadily-declining standards that marks the truly obsessed.
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Not that the sex is positive; while it has a certain salacious appeal, Auto Focus captures that sense of steadily-declining standards that marks the truly obsessed.
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Kind of like the word salacious during the Clinton impeachment area.
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In an era when memoirs are often characterized by salacious confessions, historian Doris Kearns Goodwin restores a refreshing element of innocence to the genre in Wait Till Next Year….
Wait Till Next Year Doris Kearns Goodwin 1997
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In an era when memoirs are often characterized by salacious confessions, historian Doris Kearns Goodwin restores a refreshing element of innocence to the genre in Wait Till Next Year….
Wait Till Next Year Doris Kearns Goodwin 1997
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I thought it was going to be salacious photograph .... but that would be turning the word salacious on its head
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Yet if this was reason enough for the failure of Egyptian writers to indulge in the kind of salacious detail that the Greeks and the Romans so relished, then there was also a broader cultural explanation.
The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt by Toby Wilkinson; Myths and Legends of Ancient Egypt by Joyce Tyldesley; and Egyptian Dawn by Robert Temple Tom Holland 2010
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And while it has been marketed as "salacious," aside from a few anecdotes about players hooking up with local girls (some not of legal age) and a slew of raunchy actions in the clubhouse, McCarthy left a lot out.
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Some activists are pressing hard on the "Foley Child Molestor" talking points because they believe this kind of salacious description is what it will take to win points in the next election.
laescapia commented on the word salacious
I love the sound, the shape, the implications of this word . . .
November 30, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word salacious
You're right! It sounds slithery and sizzly and sibilant all at once.
November 30, 2007
reesetee commented on the word salacious
Sassy.
November 30, 2007
jz commented on the word salacious
The antonym is incorrect.
June 12, 2009