salacious
24
9.9
- adjective
- /səˈleɪʃəs/
- Offensive
:
lascivo
- His salacious comments during the interview caused a scandal.
Just read these very salacious lines and I'll try my best.
- Just read these very salacious lines and I'll try my best.
- I refuse to engage in salacious speculation.
- Is that because they thought that the, the sum of the topics in it, maybe the salacious parts wouldn't mix with the religion?
- It's just the problems with ourselves that we just can't resist passing on the salacious content.
- Chris Todd is a guy who writes salacious true crime books about, you know, high profile crimes.
- The real news while reporting on the dossier, your, your, your, your CNN's, your MSNBC's, your foxes, they said, oh, that's too salacious for us to even look into.
- And I don't know why people love something salacious and twisted rather than beautiful and just kind, right?
- And the the desire to be salacious in order to capture, you know, more eyes on the screen.
- And usually they are plays to sensationalism, salacious and and titillating content, more pop culture stuff, etcetera.
- It's an insane, salacious tale about a sitting president and the least surprising story I have ever heard.
- They've been driven toward more extreme headlines and news stories and, and covering the most salacious, most fantastic, most outrageous things they can find.
- I mean, they're very good at digging up salacious dirt on various like Gates and Leon Black and other people.
- I have the latest salacious legal motions in tonight's Stormy Watch.
- Anything that's salacious with Epstein, the media will talk about.
- Booger picking, you know, something more salacious, whatever.
Examples
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Tell them just enough to satisfy their curiosity, and avoid the salacious details if at all possible.
Blog text (16) -
They then tried to distract us with salacious gossip.
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The public and the media are following this because of the salacious details.
Blog text (23) -
Just read these very salacious lines and I'll try my best.
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No matter how salacious the details are, I invite you to look at the context of who I am as a person.
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I have defended you against salacious rumors.
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I refuse to engage in salacious speculation.
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It was not a salacious relationship between the two of them.
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Chris Todd is a guy who writes salacious true crime books about, you know, high profile crimes.
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Jackson went on to relate a salacious bit of gossip, though he also admitted that he could not vouch for its veracity.
Academic text (2010)
Synonyms
113
6.5
Causing sexual desire or showing sexual interest
49
7.2
Shows sexual acts to make people feel sexual desire
43
6.7
Not acceptable in public because it is offensive or sexual
33
6.2
Sexually rude and offensive to many people
33
7.4
Sexually offensive or indecent in a way that shocks people
22
7.2
Tends to make people feel sexual interest by being suggestive
20
7.2
Showing strong sexual desire or causing sexual excitement
18
7.9
Slightly shocking because it talks about sex in a rude or funny way
17
8.6
Content about sex that is rude and shocking
11
6.3
Wanting to have sex
11
9.5
Showing strong sexual desire that makes others uncomfortable
10
9.9
Having too much interest in sex that makes other people uncomfortable
8
9.9
Showing sexual interest in a way that makes others uncomfortable
7
8.8
Showing strong sexual interest that makes others feel uncomfortable
6
7.0
Stories or jokes that suggest sex and may make people feel embarrassed
3
9.9
Having very strong sexual desire
3
7.9
Containing sexual jokes or rude words
1
8.6
Causing sexual excitement in people
1
9.9
Meant to cause sexual desire by words or actions
1
7.7
A little impolite because it talks about sex, often in a funny or daring way
Sexual talk or writing that is rude and shocking
Showing strong sexual interest that makes other people feel uncomfortable
Antonyms
How Salacious
- Offensive
33
6.2
- Offensive
33
7.4
- Offensive
24
9.9
- Offensive
9
6.0
- NSFW
1
7.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
salacious = salac + ious
Although the adjective-forming suffix '-ious' is present, the root 'salac-' is not a productive or recognizable English base, so learners cannot reliably derive the meaning 'lewd' from the parts.
Etymology
Salacious comes from the old Latin word salax, from salire, meaning 'to leap'. Think of it as someone 'leaping after' physical pleasure, so salacious describes words or actions that show too much or improper interest in sex.