plural whores
1
somewhat old-fashioned, disparaging + offensive
: a person who engages in sex acts and especially sexual intercourse in exchange for pay : sex worker
2
a
disparaging + offensive
: a woman who has multiple sexual partners : a woman who is sexually promiscuous
b
disparaging + offensive
—used as a generalized term of abuse for a woman
3
: a mercenary or unscrupulous person : a person who is willing to compromise their integrity or principles for personal gain or in pursuit of something
Others regarded him as a hack—a literary whore. … It wasn't just that he was no longer a literary writer. It was that he was a turncoat, sacrificing his art for the almighty dollar—an awful sin in New York intellectual circles.—
Neal Gabler
Neal Gabler4
: a person who gets an unusual amount of pleasure from or has an unusual amount of interest in something : junkie
an attention whore
publicity whores
Now you can almost build an outfit exclusively out of literary merch. … A $37 off-white sweatshirt from Etsy lets everyone know "I'm in my reading era". Or try the $33 Bonfire T-shirt stamped with the words "book whore".—Alaina Demopoulos
Alaina Demopoulos
whored; whoring; whores
1
somewhat old-fashioned, disparaging + offensive
: to have sexual intercourse as or with a sex worker
2
: to pursue something unworthy, debasing, unseemly, or false
—usually used with after
whoring after profits
… go a whoring after their gods …—Exodus 34:15 (Authorized Version)
Exodus 34:15 (Authorized Version)On the other hand, the great depression has not sent them whoring after planned economy.—Edgar Ansel Mowrer
Edgar Ansel Mowrer
obsolete
: debauch entry 1 sense 2a
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Examples of whore in a Sentence
Noun
For writers, to blurb or not to blurb can be a tricky matter. … Blurb too often, or include too many blurbs on your book, and you might get called a blurb whore.
—Rachel Donadio, New York Times Book Review, 17 Aug. 2008
Rachel Donadio, New York Times Book Review, 17 Aug. 2008
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“Whore.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whore. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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