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How to pronounce salacious in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms lewd, obscene, raunchy
Derivation salaciousness, salacity


salacious limericks.
Type Words
Synonyms lubricious, lustful, prurient
Derivation salaciousness, salacity

Examples of salacious

salacious
It is all about two adulterers and the love of the media for salacious NONSENSE.
From the swampland.time.com
A website featured salacious pictures of season six contestant Antonella Barba.
From the en.wikipedia.org
There is no one left alive to verify the more salacious aspects of Mimi's tale.
From the latimes.com
And for her especially, I promised her that it wouldn't be vulgar or salacious.
From the therail.blogs.nytimes.com
The same few salacious stories are picked up by talk shows and analyzed endlessly.
From the DesMoinesRegister.com
Wallis, often restless and bored, was intrigued by his salacious conversation.
From the tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com
Now, Errol Morris turns his attention to the salacious case of Joyce McKinney.
From the guardian.co.uk
But if there were, good luck finding anyone to give you the salacious details.
From the stltoday.com
Over the past week, coverage of the case has centred on its salacious detail.
From the telegraph.co.uk
More examples
  • Lubricious: characterized by lust; "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"
  • Lewd: suggestive of or tending to moral looseness; "lewd whisperings of a dirty old man"; "an indecent gesture"; "obscene telephone calls"; "salacious limericks"
  • (salaciously) lasciviously: in a lascivious manner
  • (salacity) obscenity: the trait of behaving in an obscene manner
  • (Salaciousness) An obscenity (in Latin obspenus, meaning "foul, repulsive, detestable") is that which offends the prevalent sexual morality of the time, is a profanity, or is otherwise taboo, indecent, abhorrent, or disgusting, or is especially inauspicious; ill-omened.
  • Promoting sexual desire or lust; Lascivious or bawdy; Obscene or lewd
  • (salacity) The state or quality of being salacious; lewdness, obscenity, bawdiness; An act which is salacious (lewd, obscene or bawdy)
  • Belongs in the X-Rated division of the organ along with the Sexaphone, the HotBois, and the Gemshorny.