💋 Like a prostitute 💰 No principles for gain

whorish

1 9.9

Someone who will give up values and self-respect to get money or approval

adjective
/ˈhɔrɪʃ/

Offensive

: prostituido

And, as humans are wont to do, once something becomes easy, the road to that ease—no matter how whorish—becomes something that can be rationalized.

Examples

Ignoring the consequences of your actions while others pay the price, then signing a book deal to make gobs of money that highlights how whorish and immoral you were is not acceptable even by Republican standards!

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You cannot totally blame the Seals for leaking secrets when the man in the White House did exactly the same thing in his bid to get re-elected, and the whorish admirals and generals leaked military secrets to help their boss, Obama.

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Her willingness to lie and cheat for a promotion made people call her whorish.
Many criticized the celebrity for her whorish behavior when she accepted money to endorse a questionable product.
His whorish pursuit of fame led him to compromise his values and integrity.

Synonyms

cutthroat

vswhorish

19 7.8

Showing no care for others when trying to win

chooses personal gain by sacrificing dignity or principles instead

Antonyms

honorable

244 3.7

A person who behaves in a morally good way and deserves respect

dignified

64 4.6

Calm and serious in a way that shows self respect and gets respect from others

principled

40 3.8

A person or group that shows strong ideas about right and wrong and acts on them

How Unprincipled

unscrupulous

24 7.5

whorish

Offensive

1 9.9

opportunistic

26 6.8

compromising

3 4.6

Surface Forms

whorish positive

Morphology

whorish = whore (semi-transparent) = whore + ish

Built from 'whore' + '-ish' but used figuratively to mean 'willing to abandon principles for gain', so the sense is an extended metaphor rather than a literal description.

Etymology

Whorish also comes from whore 'prostitute' plus -ish 'like', and by extension it can describe someone who will 'sell' their principles for money or approval. So calling someone whorish in this sense is a harsh insult meaning they lack integrity.