as in passionate
having a strong sexual desire
the salacious Greek god Pan is generally portrayed as having the legs, horns, and ears of a goat
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Recent Examples of salacious
Further, his salacious moral failures make his leadership credentials questionable.
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Ryan Silverstein, New York Daily News, 16 Mar. 2025
Still, readers expecting a salacious tell-all about commune living should likely look elsewhere.
—Seth Combs, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Mar. 2025
Recent claims, in the conservative press, of a twelve-person orgy among officials at a Veterans Affairs medical center in Tennessee, offer salacious elaboration on this theme of erotic pathology, casting the bureaucrat in the bedroom as at once perverse and virtuosic.
—Charlie Tyson, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2025
The salacious cooking videos and their millions of fans are in conversation with this larger cultural moment, Reynolds said.
—Leah Asmelash, CNN, 9 Mar. 2025
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Ryan Silverstein, New York Daily News, 16 Mar. 2025
Still, readers expecting a salacious tell-all about commune living should likely look elsewhere.
—Seth Combs, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Mar. 2025
Recent claims, in the conservative press, of a twelve-person orgy among officials at a Veterans Affairs medical center in Tennessee, offer salacious elaboration on this theme of erotic pathology, casting the bureaucrat in the bedroom as at once perverse and virtuosic.
—Charlie Tyson, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2025
The salacious cooking videos and their millions of fans are in conversation with this larger cultural moment, Reynolds said.
—Leah Asmelash, CNN, 9 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for salacious
Adjective
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Expect to feel energized and passionate in your one-on-one connections — whether that’s with a romantic partner, a close friend or a business colleague.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
20 Mar. 2025
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Embrace the passionate bike culture and explore the city on two wheels (the bike lanes are plentiful and safe).—
Sandra MacGregor,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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And in the dead of Southern summers, the last thing any sleeper wants to encounter is being hot, and that’s where science steps in.—
Nicole Letts,
Southern Living,
23 Mar. 2025
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Wiggins was hot, but the Heat’s leading duo was relatively quiet.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
22 Mar. 2025
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William Francis Chatel was arrested Tuesday, March 11, and charged with lewd or lascivious molestation of a victim under 12 years of age, according to online court records.—
KC Baker,
People.com,
13 Mar. 2025
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William Chatel of Rhode Island is facing a charge of lewd and lascivious molestation of a victim under 12 years of age, according to Orange County records.—
Olivia Lloyd,
Miami Herald,
12 Mar. 2025
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“Salacious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salacious. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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