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
The most salacious versions of these arguments include the notion that Democrats plan to register people who are not U.S. citizens to vote.
—Paolo Confino, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2024
Known for its salacious drama as Manhattan's elite Upper East Siders navigate the fragile social hierarchy of high school and their own fluctuating relationships, Gossip Girl aired from 2007 to 2012 and made stars out of its main cast members, including Blake Lively and Penn Badgley.
—Rebecca Aizin, People.com, 2 Nov. 2024
The salacious series became a hit online, with certain scenes being turned into memes.
—Angela Yang, NBC News, 31 Oct. 2024
Not that the storms led to some irredeemable gaffe or unveiled some salacious scandal.
—Vox Staff, Vox, 24 Oct. 2024
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Paolo Confino, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2024
Known for its salacious drama as Manhattan's elite Upper East Siders navigate the fragile social hierarchy of high school and their own fluctuating relationships, Gossip Girl aired from 2007 to 2012 and made stars out of its main cast members, including Blake Lively and Penn Badgley.
—Rebecca Aizin, People.com, 2 Nov. 2024
The salacious series became a hit online, with certain scenes being turned into memes.
—Angela Yang, NBC News, 31 Oct. 2024
Not that the storms led to some irredeemable gaffe or unveiled some salacious scandal.
—Vox Staff, Vox, 24 Oct. 2024
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“Salacious.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/salacious. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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