Whore
noun
A person who offers sexual services for money.
The streets were populated with whores and their clients.
Often appears as...
- street whore
- cheap whore
Usage tips
Vulgar, Disapproving
verb
To sell your abilities or self-respect for personal gain.
He's whoring himself to get that promotion.
Often appears as...
- whore out
- whore around
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
noun
An unfaithful person, especially a woman.
She found out he had other relationships and called him a whore.
Often appears as...
- cheating whore
- dirty whore
Usage tips
Vulgar, Disapproving
verb
To be promiscuous, have sex with many different partners.
He's been whoring around since his divorce.
Often appears as...
- whore around
- whore about
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
noun
A person who offers sexual services for money.
The streets were populated with whores and their clients.
Often appears as...
- street whore
- cheap whore
Usage tips
Vulgar, Disapproving
verb
To sell your abilities or self-respect for personal gain.
He's whoring himself to get that promotion.
Often appears as...
- whore out
- whore around
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
noun
An unfaithful person, especially a woman.
She found out he had other relationships and called him a whore.
Often appears as...
- cheating whore
- dirty whore
Usage tips
Vulgar, Disapproving
verb
To be promiscuous, have sex with many different partners.
He's been whoring around since his divorce.
Often appears as...
- whore around
- whore about
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Highly Offensive
The term is extremely derogatory and insulting when used to describe someone.
Referring to her as a whore was demeaning and cruel.
Pro Tip 2/2Avoid in Polite Conversation
Using this word in formal or polite settings can be inappropriate and disrespectful.
In a job interview, one would never refer to sex workers as whores.
Pro Tip 1/2Highly Offensive
The term is extremely derogatory and insulting when used to describe someone.
Referring to her as a whore was demeaning and cruel.
Pro Tip 2/2Avoid in Polite Conversation
Using this word in formal or polite settings can be inappropriate and disrespectful.
In a job interview, one would never refer to sex workers as whores.
Pro Tip 1/2Highly Offensive
The term is extremely derogatory and insulting when used to describe someone.
Referring to her as a whore was demeaning and cruel.
Pro Tip 2/2Avoid in Polite Conversation
Using this word in formal or polite settings can be inappropriate and disrespectful.
In a job interview, one would never refer to sex workers as whores.
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Video examples
The surprising origins...
“a whore who sang about her own licentiousness.” Later, a Pope and Archbishop ordered her poetry burned. Almost all of it had vanished by the Middle Ages. Then, about a century ago, people began rediscovering Sappho’s poetry—
Video examples
Alice Goffman: How we're...
The family was really struggling. So when we met, Chuck was a senior in high school. He had just turned 18. That winter, a kid in the schoolyard called Chuck's mom a crack whore. Chuck pushed the kid's face into the snow
Video examples
The surprising origins...
“a whore who sang about her own licentiousness.” Later, a Pope and Archbishop ordered her poetry burned. Almost all of it had vanished by the Middle Ages. Then, about a century ago, people began rediscovering Sappho’s poetry—
Video examples
Alice Goffman: How we're...
The family was really struggling. So when we met, Chuck was a senior in high school. He had just turned 18. That winter, a kid in the schoolyard called Chuck's mom a crack whore. Chuck pushed the kid's face into the snow
Example 1 of 2
Quote examples
Hugh Hefner
American Publisher
It is women who have traditionally, historically been given non-human roles, perceived as simply the daughters of Eve, perceived as either Madonna or whore. And I think that it is the sexual revolution that plays one part in female emancipation.
Quote examples
Hugh Hefner
American Publisher
It is women who have traditionally, historically been given non-human roles, perceived as simply the daughters of Eve, perceived as either Madonna or whore. And I think that it is the sexual revolution that plays one part in female emancipation.
Example 1 of 1
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