salacious adj

1 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" [syn: lubricious, lustful, prurient]

2 suggestive of or tending to moral looseness; "lewd whisperings of a dirty old man"; "an indecent gesture"; "obscene telephone calls"; "salacious limericks" [syn: lewd, obscene, raunchy]

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃəs

Adjective

salacious

1. promoting sexual desire or lust
2. lascivious or bawdy
3. obscene or lewd

Derived terms

• salaciousness

Translations

• Spanish: salaz
• French: salace

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