SALACIOUS
Dictionary entry overview: What does salacious mean? • SALACIOUS (adjective)
The adjective SALACIOUS has 2 senses:
1. characterized by lust
2. suggestive of or tending to moral looseness
Familiarity information: SALACIOUS used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SALACIOUS (adjective)
Meaning:
Characterized by lust
Synonyms:
lustful; prurient; salacious; lubricious
Context examples:
eluding the lubricious embraces of her employer / her sensuous grace roused his lustful nature / prurient literature / prurient thoughts / a salacious rooster of a little man
Similar:
sexy (marked by or tending to arouse sexual desire or interest)
Meaning:
Suggestive of or tending to moral looseness
Synonyms:
lewd; raunchy; salacious; obscene
Context examples:
lewd whisperings of a dirty old man / an indecent gesture / obscene telephone calls / salacious limericks
Similar:
dirty ((of behavior or especially language) characterized by obscenity or indecency)
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