salacious
Promoting sexual desire or lustPromoting sexual desire or lust.
» I've had enough of your salacious innuendo.
Мне надоели твои грязные намёки.
Мне надоели твои грязные инсинуации.
Мне надоели твои непристойные намёки.
Мне надоели ваши грязные намёки.
Мне надоели ваши грязные инсинуации.
Мне надоели ваши непристойные намёки.
Meaning
2 sensesPromoting sexual desire or lust.
utterly salacious
anzüglich, aufreizend, heiß
похотли́выйpoxotlívyj, сладостра́стныйsladostrástnyj, распу́тныйraspútnyj
хти́вийxtývyj, похітли́вийpoxitlývyj
characterized by lust
Lascivious, bawdy, obscene, lewd.
salacious gossip
salacious details
lüstern, schmutzig, obszön
вульга́рныйvulʹgárnyj, непристо́йныйnepristójnyj
Examples
3 sentencesI've had enough of your salacious innuendo.
ruМне надоели твои грязные намёки.
He goaded him on to ever more salacious revelations.
Tom filled Mary in on all the salacious gossip.
Translations
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Origin
Derived from Latin salāx, salācis (“provocative, lustful”) + -ious, ultimately from saliōDerived from Latin salāx, salācis (“provocative, lustful”) + -ious, ultimately from saliō + -acious.
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Forms
more salacious, most salacious| Comparative | more salacious Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most salacious Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
9 synonymsWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form