Used in a Sentence

salacious

How to use salacious in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for salacious.

Editorial note

False rumors spread fast because most of them are juicy or salacious.

Examples16
Definitions2
Parts of speech1

Quick take

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"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of salacious gathered in one view.

adjective

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"

adjective

suggestive of or tending to moral looseness; "lewd whisperings of a dirty old man"; "an indecent gesture"; "obscene telephone calls"; "salacious limericks"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for salacious.

adjective

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"

adjective

suggestive of or tending to moral looseness; "lewd whisperings of a dirty old man"; "an indecent gesture"; "obscene telephone calls"; "salacious limericks"

Example sentences

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False rumors spread fast because most of them are juicy or salacious.

2

Hacker news should be above this salacious crap.

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And as much as people claim to be high and mighty, only want good news etc, they actually read all the salacious erroneous stuff.

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If you read the documents even a little, you'll see that they're not even as salacious as an employee handbook.

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If they have time to find phone sex/salacious/tantalizing calls, they have time to find "the dirt" on Representatives and Senators.

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Or did it get more eyeballs because it was of a particularly salacious or notorious event?

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If you've ever been in the media -- even on a purely local basis -- for anything salacious, that's not a future you can be excited about.

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The nascent shitstorm was the story PandoDaily wrote that cherry-picked the mold and rat incidents from the Vice piece to make the content more salacious than it otherwise was.

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It wasn't about communities; it was salacious gossip about an individual.

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Conspiracy theorists would tell you that there's no surer way to discredit somebody with no real evidence than to publicize a salacious sex story.

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But revealing that two people are/were sleeping together is just salacious gossip; I can't see who it helps and it certainly doesn't help the families of the individuals concerned.

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So I'm thinking that one could start a "journal of obscene and salacious comments, potentially defamatory remarks, flames &c." in which we review statements academically for their values - offensiveness and such.

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The original title I chose was a quote from the article:NSA routinely shared phone sex, salacious and tantalizing phone callsAfter watching the video I thought it was a better summary.

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I see no salacious story here, other than a company found itself unable to optimize a campaign into profitability, which I think says more about them than facebook.

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The most salacious and unsympathetic of the allegations is how Swartz got physical access...othherwise, how different is what he did than what people who go to Starbucks and torrent illegally?

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I found the salacious comments fairly off putting, perhaps AllThingsD thinks the rebirth of ValleyWag is a competitor?In general product management does what you might think of "brand management" and "design language" so if Android needed roundier iconography I expect Barra was the guy to sign off on that, or if Samsung was getting too aggressive in making it a "Galaxy" phone instead of an "Android" phone he might get involved in that.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use salacious in a sentence?

False rumors spread fast because most of them are juicy or salacious.

What does salacious mean?

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"

What part of speech is salacious?

salacious is commonly used as adjective.