Synonyms for salacious
səˈleɪ ʃəssala·cious

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1. lubricious, lustful, prurient, salaciousadjective

   characterized by lust

   "eluding the lubricious embraces of her employer"; "her sensuous grace roused his lustful nature"; "prurient literature"; "prurient thoughts"; "a salacious rooster of a little man"

   Synonyms:
   prurient, libidinous, lusty, lustful, lascivious, obscene, lubricious, lewd, raunchy, concupiscent

   Antonyms:
   unobjectionable, unsexy, clean

2. lewd, obscene, raunchy, salaciousadjective

   suggestive of or tending to moral looseness

   "lewd whisperings of a dirty old man"; "an indecent gesture"; "obscene telephone calls"; "salacious limericks"

   Synonyms:
   grimy, detestable, repugnant, grungy, dingy, lubricious, lascivious, libidinous, begrimed, lustful, grubby, raunchy, prurient, repulsive, obscene, abhorrent, lewd

   Antonyms:
   unsexy, clean, unobjectionable

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1. salaciousadjective

   Synonyms:
   lewd, lustful, carnal, lecherous, lascivious, wanton, libidinous, lickerish, concupiscent, lewd, loose, prurient, unchaste, incontinent

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1. salaciousadjective

   Synonyms:
   lascivious, lecherous, concupiscent, lustful

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1. List of paraphrases for "salacious":

   pornographic, porn, dirty

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1. Mark Warner:

   Companies like YouTube have immense power and influence in shaping the media and content that users see, i’ve been increasingly concerned that the recommendation engine algorithms behind platforms like YouTube are, at best, intrinsically flawed in optimizing for outrageous, salacious, and often fraudulent content.

2. Thor Halvorssen:

   It’s the sort of thing they specialize in—mainstreaming false smears, allegations that are so salacious and over the top that people assume they must be true.

3. Rebel Wilson:

   I went from this girl who has just worked her absolute ass off to get where she was to just being torn down in a second, in a 24-hour period, it’s very, very stressful when you become in the center of a scandal. And it was so salacious. People were like, ‘She’s fabricating her own life to make it.’.

4. Native American:

   Very smart, very gritty, and not salacious, think ‘Easy Rider,’ but with pissed-off women.

5. Donald Trump:

   It’s frankly outrageous and highly irresponsible for a left-wing blog … to drop highly salacious and flat-out false information on the Internet just days before he takes the oath of office, ... The fact that BuzzFeed and CNN made the decision to run with this unsubstantiated claim is a sad and pathetic attempt to get clicks.