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| 1. | [ adjective ] (sexuality) characterized by lust | |
| Synonyms: | prurient lustful lubricious | |
| Examples: | "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" |
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| Related terms: | sexy | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] (sexuality) suggestive of or tending to moral looseness | |
| Synonyms: | lewd raunchy obscene | |
| Examples: | "lewd whisperings of a dirty old man" "an indecent gesture" "obscene telephone calls" "salacious limericks" |
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| Related terms: | dirty | |
| Similar spelling: |
salaciously |
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