salacious
adjective
sa·la·cious
sə-ˈlā-shəs 
1
: arousing or appealing to sexual desire or imagination
salacious headlines
salacious lyrics
salaciously
adverb
salaciousness
noun
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Examples of salacious in a Sentence
Lady Worsley's Whim, the story of Lady Worsley and her husband Sir Richard Worsley, is also reconstructed from some well-thumbed texts, in this case trial transcripts and newspaper reports of cases of "Criminal Conversation" which became popular eighteenth-century erotica. Charges … were brought by husbands seeking damages from the purported lovers of their supposedly adulterous wives, and the detail, which needed to be explicit, was frequently salacious.
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Norma Clarke, Times Literary Supplement, 21 Nov. 2008
From snarky political commentary to salacious "memoirs" that flirt with both fact and fiction, scores of bloggers have gotten the book deal boon—with mixed results at the register.
—Eunice Lee et al., Hyphen, Winter 2007
There's little difference between the junk mail in your mailbox and the junk e-mail that appears on your monitor, except that the e-mail is often of a salacious nature, e.g., the "hot, live XXX action" available at various dark alleyways on the web.
—Michael Saunders, Boston Globe, 6 Oct.1997
a song with salacious lyrics
the salacious Greek god Pan is generally portrayed as having the legs, horns, and ears of a goat
Norma Clarke, Times Literary Supplement, 21 Nov. 2008
From snarky political commentary to salacious "memoirs" that flirt with both fact and fiction, scores of bloggers have gotten the book deal boon—with mixed results at the register.
—Eunice Lee et al., Hyphen, Winter 2007
There's little difference between the junk mail in your mailbox and the junk e-mail that appears on your monitor, except that the e-mail is often of a salacious nature, e.g., the "hot, live XXX action" available at various dark alleyways on the web.
—Michael Saunders, Boston Globe, 6 Oct.1997
a song with salacious lyrics
the salacious Greek god Pan is generally portrayed as having the legs, horns, and ears of a goat
Recent Examples on the Web
These claims are completely false, outrageous, and intentionally salacious, with an intent to publicly hurt and rehash a narrative in the media.
—Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 1 Jan. 2025
And then this salacious story comes around where this actor wants to murder and eat people.
—Eric Andersson, People.com, 1 Jan. 2025
Many men who follow child influencers online seek salacious images of them, often from their parents.
—Jennifer Valentino-Devries, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2024
Our favorite podcasts of the year are salacious, well-researched, and laugh-out-loud hilarious.
—Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Dec. 2024
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Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 1 Jan. 2025
And then this salacious story comes around where this actor wants to murder and eat people.
—Eric Andersson, People.com, 1 Jan. 2025
Many men who follow child influencers online seek salacious images of them, often from their parents.
—Jennifer Valentino-Devries, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2024
Our favorite podcasts of the year are salacious, well-researched, and laugh-out-loud hilarious.
—Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Dec. 2024
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“Salacious.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/salacious. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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