whorish

[ hawr-ish, hohr-or, often, hoor- ]

adjective

1. having the character or characteristics of a whore; lewd; unchaste.

Other Words From

• whorish·ly adverb
• whorish·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of whorish¹

First recorded in 1525–35; whore + -ish ¹

Example Sentences

The hemline bounced several inches above her knee, and for a moment I thought the dress was whorish, until she said her father had bought it for her in Paris.

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A gift from one’s father could not be whorish.

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I struggled with this dissonance—a whorish dress, gifted to a loved daughter—until the meal had been finished and the plates cleared away.

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Because I am done with my own whorish heart and I have been for a long time.

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José Arcadio Segundo put him up there at the moment he fell with his face bathed in blood, before the colossal troop wiped out the empty space, the kneeling woman, the light of the high, drought-stricken sky, and the whorish world where Úrsula Iguarán had sold so many little candy animals.

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