Salacious
adjective
Causing or showing a strong or excessive interest in sexual matters.
The movie was criticized for its salacious content.
Often appears as...
- salacious rumors
- salacious content
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Disapproving
adjective
Causing or showing a strong or excessive interest in sexual matters.
The movie was criticized for its salacious content.
Often appears as...
- salacious rumors
- salacious content
Usage tips
Disapproving
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Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Sensitivity
Be aware that using 'salacious' can suggest disapproval of the sexual content being referenced.
They avoided discussing the book's most salacious details.
Pro Tip 2/3Often Negative
'Salacious' implies a distasteful or unethical interest in sex, unlike neutral terms like 'sexual'.
The tabloid was filled with salacious stories about celebrities.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Subtle
Using 'salacious' indicates something very obvious and often inappropriately sexual.
The comedian's salacious jokes made some audience members uncomfortable.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Sensitivity
Be aware that using 'salacious' can suggest disapproval of the sexual content being referenced.
They avoided discussing the book's most salacious details.
Pro Tip 2/3Often Negative
'Salacious' implies a distasteful or unethical interest in sex, unlike neutral terms like 'sexual'.
The tabloid was filled with salacious stories about celebrities.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Subtle
Using 'salacious' indicates something very obvious and often inappropriately sexual.
The comedian's salacious jokes made some audience members uncomfortable.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Sensitivity
Be aware that using 'salacious' can suggest disapproval of the sexual content being referenced.
They avoided discussing the book's most salacious details.
Pro Tip 2/3Often Negative
'Salacious' implies a distasteful or unethical interest in sex, unlike neutral terms like 'sexual'.
The tabloid was filled with salacious stories about celebrities.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Subtle
Using 'salacious' indicates something very obvious and often inappropriately sexual.
The comedian's salacious jokes made some audience members uncomfortable.
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The history of chocolate...
missionaries' salacious accounts of native customs gave it a reputation as an aphrodisiac. At first, its bitter taste made it suitable as a medicine for ailments, like upset stomachs, but sweetening it with honey, sugar, or vanilla
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Safari Live - Day 234 PIPE...
leopards they leave their cubs only after mating and when they actually start to feel like they're pregnant then they start to to sever that connection some females maybe not so in salacious case with tianni she left gianni long
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How deepfakes undermine...
Although we believe deepfakes to be true, they're not. And we're attracted to the salacious, the provocative. We tend to believe and to share information that's negative and novel.
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The history of chocolate...
missionaries' salacious accounts of native customs gave it a reputation as an aphrodisiac. At first, its bitter taste made it suitable as a medicine for ailments, like upset stomachs, but sweetening it with honey, sugar, or vanilla
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 234 PIPE...
leopards they leave their cubs only after mating and when they actually start to feel like they're pregnant then they start to to sever that connection some females maybe not so in salacious case with tianni she left gianni long
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How deepfakes undermine...
Although we believe deepfakes to be true, they're not. And we're attracted to the salacious, the provocative. We tend to believe and to share information that's negative and novel.
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Quote examples
David Nicholls
English Novelist
For the best part of my childhood I visited the local library three or four times a week, hunching in the stacks on a foam rubber stool and devouring children's fiction, classics, salacious thrillers, horror and sci-fi, books about cinema and origami and natural history, to the point where my parents encouraged me to read a little less.
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Dan Abrams
American Journalist
For anyone in the news business, just the name 'Cronkite' conjures up images of a bygone era when journalists covered, and could at times impact, the most important stories of the day, rather than the most 'compelling' or salacious.
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Floyd Skloot
American Poet
For those who turn to literary biography for salacious details, 'Flannery' will disappoint. It is the biography of someone who had very little chance to live in the conventional sense, to experience events.
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Paula Abdul
American Musician
All my life I have been taught to take the high road and never to dignify salacious or false accusations and I have been taught never, never to lie.
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Katharine Isabelle
Canadian Actress
I understand, as the young, attractive woman in film, that there's always going to be people seeking out extra salacious things for you to do.
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Susie Dent
English Scientist
I don't intentionally eavesdrop. I'm not looking for salacious gossip, I'm just looking for vocabulary items.
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Trace Lysette
American Actress
Transparent' does a good job of pushing the envelope in a real way, not in a sensational or salacious way.
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Jesse Eisenberg
American Actor
I'm not on Page Six, because I don't have anything salacious happening in my life... unfortunately.
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Sarah Lancashire
British Actress
I would never condone anything which I thought was salacious, titillating, or gratuitous.
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Kerry Bishe
New Zealander Actress
I don't wanna be in a show that's salacious just for the sake of getting viewers.
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David Nicholls
English Novelist
For the best part of my childhood I visited the local library three or four times a week, hunching in the stacks on a foam rubber stool and devouring children's fiction, classics, salacious thrillers, horror and sci-fi, books about cinema and origami and natural history, to the point where my parents encouraged me to read a little less.
Quote examples
Dan Abrams
American Journalist
For anyone in the news business, just the name 'Cronkite' conjures up images of a bygone era when journalists covered, and could at times impact, the most important stories of the day, rather than the most 'compelling' or salacious.
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Floyd Skloot
American Poet
For those who turn to literary biography for salacious details, 'Flannery' will disappoint. It is the biography of someone who had very little chance to live in the conventional sense, to experience events.
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Paula Abdul
American Musician
All my life I have been taught to take the high road and never to dignify salacious or false accusations and I have been taught never, never to lie.
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Katharine Isabelle
Canadian Actress
I understand, as the young, attractive woman in film, that there's always going to be people seeking out extra salacious things for you to do.
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Susie Dent
English Scientist
I don't intentionally eavesdrop. I'm not looking for salacious gossip, I'm just looking for vocabulary items.
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Trace Lysette
American Actress
Transparent' does a good job of pushing the envelope in a real way, not in a sensational or salacious way.
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Jesse Eisenberg
American Actor
I'm not on Page Six, because I don't have anything salacious happening in my life... unfortunately.
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Sarah Lancashire
British Actress
I would never condone anything which I thought was salacious, titillating, or gratuitous.
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Kerry Bishe
New Zealander Actress
I don't wanna be in a show that's salacious just for the sake of getting viewers.
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