He goaded him on to ever more salacious revelations.
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Salacious
//səˈleɪ.ʃəs//
Synonyms for "salacious" (106 found)
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Closest matches (22)
Strong matches (31)
Related words (53)
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Synonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
3 entriesrelated to
9 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
41 translations across 17 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- неприличен adj (lascivious, bawdy, obscene, lewd)
- непристоен adj (lascivious, bawdy, obscene, lewd)
- похотлив adj (promoting sexual desire or lust)
Danish
3 entries- modbydelig adj (lascivious, bawdy, obscene, lewd)
- obskøn adj (lascivious, bawdy, obscene, lewd)
- uanstændig adj (lascivious, bawdy, obscene, lewd)
Esperanto
1 entries- voluptiga adj (promoting sexual desire or lust)
Finnish
1 entries- hekumallinen adj (promoting sexual desire or lust)
French
2 entries- salace adj (promoting sexual desire or lust)
- salace adj (lascivious, bawdy, obscene, lewd)
German
4 entries- anzüglich adj (promoting sexual desire or lust)
- aufreizend adj (promoting sexual desire or lust)
- heiß adj (promoting sexual desire or lust)
- lüstern adj (lascivious, bawdy, obscene, lewd)
Hungarian
2 entries- pikáns adj (lascivious, bawdy, obscene, lewd)
- érzéki adj (promoting sexual desire or lust)
Italian
1 entries- salace adj (promoting sexual desire or lust)
Latin
2 entries- salax adj (promoting sexual desire or lust)
- salax adj (lascivious, bawdy, obscene, lewd)
Māori
2 entries- mōtekoteko adj (lascivious, bawdy, obscene, lewd)
- tūkari adj (promoting sexual desire or lust)
Polish
3 entries- lubieżny adj (lascivious, bawdy, obscene, lewd)
- sprośny adj (lascivious, bawdy, obscene, lewd)
- zbereźny adj (lascivious, bawdy, obscene, lewd)
Portuguese
1 entries- fogoso adj (promoting sexual desire or lust)
Romanian
3 entries- lasciv adj (lascivious, bawdy, obscene, lewd)
- obscen adj (lascivious, bawdy, obscene, lewd)
- înflăcărat adj (promoting sexual desire or lust)
Russian
4 entries- вульга́рный adj (lascivious, bawdy, obscene, lewd)
- непристо́йный adj (lascivious, bawdy, obscene, lewd)
- похотли́вый adj (promoting sexual desire or lust)
- распу́тный adj (promoting sexual desire or lust)
Spanish
1 entries- salaz adj (promoting sexual desire or lust)
Thai
2 entries- ยั่วยวน adj (promoting sexual desire or lust)
- แซ่บ adj (promoting sexual desire or lust)
Ukrainian
2 entries- похітли́вий adj (promoting sexual desire or lust)
- хти́вий adj (promoting sexual desire or lust)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
Tom filled Mary in on all the salacious gossip.
Source: tatoeba (6035138)
The campaign, which will culminate in a final March vote, has been marked by high-profile corruption allegations, embarrassing gaffes, and salacious personal attacks, some involving the sex lives and religious practices of leading candidates.
Source: tatoeba (11926292)
I've had enough of your salacious innuendo.
Source: tatoeba (12410356)
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