salacious
lustful or lecherous.
(of writings, pictures, etc.) obscene; grossly indecent.
Origin of salacious
1Other words for salacious
Opposites for salacious
Other words from salacious
- sa·la·cious·ly, adverb
- sa·la·cious·ness, sa·lac·i·ty [suh-las-i-tee], /səˈlæs ɪ ti/, noun
- un·sa·la·cious, adjective
- un·sa·la·cious·ly, adverb
- un·sa·la·cious·ness, noun
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How to use salacious in a sentence
Some media outlets gave airtime to the most salacious allegations, while others did not report details of the dossier because they could not be corroborated.
Steele dossier sources, methods face new scrutiny after indictment of key figure | Michael Kranish, Isaac Stanley-Becker | November 23, 2021 | Washington PostThe media’s salacious coverage, along with the incendiary rhetoric of politicians like Reagan, helped shape these assumptions, costing Davis her job after a year.
Thanks to conservative politicians and the media, the education wars echo the 1960s | Kate Flach | November 19, 2021 | Washington PostIt can be difficult for listeners to tease out what is a well-made show, and what’s just a salacious one.
How Only Murders in the Building Grapples With the Thorny Ethics of True-Crime Podcasting | Eliana Dockterman | October 19, 2021 | TimeBalwani’s lawyers have denied accusations of abuse and called the allegations “salacious and inflammatory” in court filings.
How Elizabeth Holmes’ Abuse Allegations Could Affect Her Fraud Trial | Eliana Dockterman | September 2, 2021 | TimeShe talks a lot about female empowerment, which she says has always been an undercurrent of the show, even if the salacious stories were what drew people in.
Call Her Daddy’s Alexandra Cooper Made Her Name Talking About Sex. With Her Massive Spotify Deal, She’s Pushing Beyond That | Eliana Dockterman | July 21, 2021 | Time
The dirty details can be multiplied almost indefinitely, and Lee lingers over every salacious story.
All of their songs, they say, are inspired by Torah and Hasidic philosophy, even the ones that sound a bit salacious.
The Sisterhood of Bulletproof Stockings: It’s Ladies’ Night for Hasidic Rockers | Emily Shire | September 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI mean, calling it that is probably why people are expecting it to be salacious and along the lines of what the book was.
'Saved by the Bell' Star Dustin Diamond Doesn't Want to Be a Jerk Anymore | Kevin Fallon | August 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWe now have to make it more salacious by adding in some sort of zeitgeist-y pop culture reference to social media and blogging.
Apart from the color of their skin, there is nothing salacious about this romance.
Lillian Smith’s Bombshell Novel About Interracial Love | Nathaniel Rich | May 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFromentin was singing,—a ribald marching song, an unprintable thing, salacious and vilifying the Boches.
The Wasted Generation | Owen JohnsonMr. Hewitt, of Birmingham, tells me that the common hen prefers a salacious cock, but is quite indifferent to colour.
More Letters of Charles Darwin Volume II | Charles DarwinThe affair was planned not only to secure the divorce, but also to do it in the most sensational and salacious manner.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Vol. 13 | Elbert HubbardMore refined entertainment has often been unpleasantly salacious, not because it was daring but because it was cowardly.
Pieces of Hate | Heywood BrounIt is the experience of New York managers that the run of the merely salacious play is generally short.
Pieces of Hate | Heywood Broun
British Dictionary definitions for salacious
/ (səˈleɪʃəs) /
having an excessive interest in sex
(of books, magazines, etc) erotic, bawdy, or lewd
Origin of salacious
1Derived forms of salacious
- salaciously, adverb
- salaciousness or salacity (səˈlæsɪtɪ), noun
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