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SALACIOUS
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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
Sense 1
Meaning:
Characterized by lust
Synonyms:
lubricious; lustful; prurient; salacious
Context example:
prurient thoughts
Similar:
sexy (marked by or tending to arouse sexual desire or interest)
Derivation:
salaciousness; salacity (the trait of behaving in an obscene manner)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Suggestive of or tending to moral looseness
Synonyms:
lewd; obscene; raunchy; salacious
Context example:
salacious limericks
Similar:
dirty ((of behavior or especially language) characterized by obscenity or indecency)
Derivation:
salaciousness; salacity (the trait of behaving in an obscene manner)
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