Dictionary

salacious en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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• /səˈleɪ.ʃəs/

Etymology

Derived from Latin salāx, salācis (“provocative, lustful”) + -ious, ultimately from saliō + -acious.

Meanings

1. Promoting sexual desire or lust.
   • utterly salacious
2. Lascivious, bawdy, obscene, lewd.
   • salacious details
   • salacious gossip
   • The newspaper published a salacious story about the scandal.
   • He was arrested for distributing salacious material.

Forms

Deriveds

salaciousness · salaciously · unsalacious

Relateds

salacity

Synonyms

ardent · lubricious · hot · dirty

Translations (42)

mi mōtekoteko (lascivious, bawdy, obscene, lewd) · de anzüglich (promoting sexual desire or lust) · pt fogoso (promoting sexual desire or lust) · bg непристоен (lascivious, bawdy, obscene, lewd) · de heiß (promoting sexual desire or lust) · ro obscen (lascivious, bawdy, obscene, lewd) · eo voluptiga (promoting sexual desire or lust) · es salaz (promoting sexual desire or lust) · ru вульга́рный (lascivious, bawdy, obscene, lewd) · fr salace (promoting sexual desire or lust) · uk хти́вий (promoting sexual desire or lust) · da modbydelig (lascivious, bawdy, obscene, lewd) · pl lubieżny (lascivious, bawdy, obscene, lewd) · bg похотлив (promoting sexual desire or lust) · fr salace (lascivious, bawdy, obscene, lewd) · la salax (promoting sexual desire or lust) · pl zbereźny (lascivious, bawdy, obscene, lewd) · no slibrig (promoting sexual desire or lust) · ro înflăcărat (promoting sexual desire or lust) · da uanstændig (lascivious, bawdy, obscene, lewd) · de lüstern (lascivious, bawdy, obscene, lewd) · fi hekumallinen (promoting sexual desire or lust) · ru сладостра́стный (promoting sexual desire or lust) · hu pikáns (lascivious, bawdy, obscene, lewd) · de schmutzig (lascivious, bawdy, obscene, lewd) · ru распу́тный (promoting sexual desire or lust) · th แซ่บ (promoting sexual desire or lust) · ru непристо́йный (lascivious, bawdy, obscene, lewd) · hu érzéki (promoting sexual desire or lust) · pl sprośny (lascivious, bawdy, obscene, lewd) · it salace (promoting sexual desire or lust) · uk похітли́вий (promoting sexual desire or lust) · da obskøn (lascivious, bawdy, obscene, lewd) · de obszön (lascivious, bawdy, obscene, lewd) · mi tūkari (promoting sexual desire or lust) · bg неприличен (lascivious, bawdy, obscene, lewd) · ru похотли́вый (promoting sexual desire or lust) · la salax (lascivious, bawdy, obscene, lewd) · th ยั่วยวน (promoting sexual desire or lust) · ro lasciv (lascivious, bawdy, obscene, lewd) · de aufreizend (promoting sexual desire or lust) · de schlüpfrig (promoting sexual desire or lust)