loose
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5.6
- adjective
- /luːs/
- Offensive
:
promiscuo
- Many people criticized his loose behavior at the party as inappropriate.
- loose morals
- a loose woman
- loose and immoral
She's uptight, he's loose, she's torqued, he's collegial.
- She's uptight, he's loose, she's torqued, he's collegial.
- He he plays a little fast and loose with some of these things.
- It was like a freelance guy who had like a loose relationship with him.
- But you have so much fun and we're so loose that I don't want it to carry over to make to make the team think I'm loose or don't care about what's going on in football.
- We were not loose missiles, meaning we had discipline, we had honor, we had loyalty.
- It was in the middle of the day and I said hey buddy, maybe don't tell your mom about the ice cream because you know what they say, loose lips sink ships.
- That is, you know, looser sexual relationships and gender roles that allow homosexuality or bisexuality.
- Get your loose mouth ass away from my tray, nigga.
- I mean, Amari's family as well is like I, I was a loose like no one.
- I mean, it's, it's, you know, I can be the loosest I can.
- Like he's fucking, he's fucking, I was fucking, I was just fucking loose mate.
- Anyway, we're all a bit loose piss heads, thugs, but it could be from the truth really.
Examples
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And this proves nothing but Gerty's loose morals.
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It was evident that his loose tongue got him into trouble during the meeting.
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It's our job to deal with people whose grasp on reality may be loose at best.
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During the war, she wrote me a letter about the loose morals of the American army in Europe.
Fiction book (2001) -
Similar to African patriarchs, government authorities registered alarm over loose morals and morality.
Academic text (2006) -
Kerry Cohen is the author of Loose Girl: A Memoir of Promiscuity, as well as three young-adult novels.
Academic text (2010) -
Her loose morals often led to questionable decisions in her personal life.
Synonyms
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8.7
Seen by others as willing to have sex without much commitment
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7.6
Having many short sexual relationships with different people
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1.0
A lack of attention that causes mistakes or harm
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8.6
Having many casual sexual relationships
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9.8
Behaving in a sexually loose way
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9.1
Relaxed about rules or limits
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9.9
A woman who acts and looks in a way people think is sexually improper or untidy
Antonyms
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4.2
Acting in a controlled, orderly way and following rules because of training or self-control
Idioms
- Informal
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8.0
Act in a careless way by ignoring rules and other people's feelings
- Informal
1
7.9
A sudden time when many people lose control and chaos starts
- Informal
A warning that careless talk can cause trouble by revealing secrets
Compounds
- Specialized
A way of writing where the main idea comes first and extra details follow
- Specialized
A disease of wheat or barley that turns the grain head into a powder of fungus
How Restrained
Surface Forms
Etymology
Loose comes from an old German word lōs meaning 'free' or 'not held'. A helpful way to remember the meaning 'careless' is to think of a person not held by rules or control, so their behaviour or speech can be unchecked.