Salacious

Word SALACIOUS
Character 9
Hyphenation sa la cious
Pronunciations /səˈleɪ.ʃəs/

Definitions and meanings of "Salacious"

What do we mean by salacious?

Appealing to or stimulating sexual desire. adjective

Characterized by or indicating sexual desire; lustful. adjective

Lustful; lecherous.

Having a propensity to venery; lustful; lecherous. noun

Promoting sexual desire or lust. adjective

Lascivious, bawdy, obscene, lewd. adjective

Characterized by lust adjective

Suggestive of or tending to moral looseness adjective

Promoting sexual desire or lust.

Lascivious, bawdy, obscene, lewd.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Salacious

The word "salacious" in example sentences

Starting with “Married With Children”, the Fox network has always been the leader in salacious programming. ❋ Unknown (2005)

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. ❋ Unknown (2003)

Kind of like the word salacious during the Clinton impeachment area. ❋ Unknown (2000)

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…. ❋ Doris Kearns Goodwin (1997)

I thought it was going to be salacious photograph .... but that would be turning the word salacious on its head ❋ Unknown (2009)

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. ❋ Tom Holland (2010)

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. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Late last month the venerable New York Times was in the cross hairs and, before that, campaign manager Rick Davis dubbed as "salacious" the media's vetting of Sarah Palin that so clearly hadn't been done by McCain himself. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Which I am sure is not any kind of salacious double entendre, and instead refers to those glowy tubes you buy at a rave. ❋ Greg Tannahill (2008)

We know that he had problems, but this kind of salacious opportunism is poisonous. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I'm not sure that the adjective "salacious" can really be connected to Robert Wright and Mickey Kaus's commentaries... ❋ Ann Althouse (2006)

Is there not a danger that American authors who now specialize in this subject will, as they grow older, find themselves obliged, like certain of their European colleagues, to present a 'salacious' scene at the end of every chapter, in order to hold the attention of over-stimulated and jaded readers? ❋ Unknown (1969)

The project will be produced by Survivor's Mark Burnett who has previously insisted that it will not be "salacious". ❋ Unknown (2010)

Times complaining that it let rumors of a "salacious" scoop about Paterson run rampant while neither denying them nor backing them up. ❋ Unknown (2010)

You can even play between different Apple gadgets like some kind of salacious cross-device smut between a first generation iPod touch and a 3G iPad. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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