Meaning

5 senses

  1. (derogatory, vulgar)Synonym of prostitute: a person (especially a woman) who offers sexual services for payment.

    Hure, Nutte, Schlampe

    проститу́ткаprostitútka, шлю́хаšljúxa, блядьbljadʹ

    проститу́ткаprostytútka, пові́яpovíja, ку́рваkúrva

    a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money

  2. (derogatory, vulgar)A person who is sexually promiscuous; a slut.

    шлю́хаšljúxa, блядьbljadʹ, ку́рваkúrva

    шльо́ндраšlʹóndra, ля́рваljárva, блудни́цяbludnýcja

  3. (derogatory, vulgar)A person who is unscrupulous, especially one who compromises their principles for gain.

    курве́цkurvéc, блядьbljadʹ, гадgad

  4. (derogatory, vulgar)A person who will violate behavioral standards to achieve something desired.

  5. (derogatory, vulgar)A contemptible person.

Examples

62 sentences

  1. Our teacher is a fucking whore.

    Наша вчителька — йобана курва. — deniko

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  2. Stay away from my husband, you whore!

    Тримайся подалі від мого чоловіка, курво! — deniko

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  3. I'm a whore.

    Я повія. — deniko

    deIch bin eine Hure. — rul

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  4. Sami is married to a whore.

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  5. They call me an army whore.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
prostitute:
sexually promiscuous person:
Русский
By meaning 3
prostitute:
sexually promiscuous person:
unscrupulous person:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
prostitute:

Origin

From Middle English hore, from Old English hōre, from Proto-Germanic *hōrǭ, from Proto-Ind

From Middle English hore, from Old English hōre, from Proto-Germanic *hōrǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ros (“loved”), from *keh₂- (“to wish; desire”). Cognate with Dutch hoer, German Hure, Old Norse hóra as well as Sanskrit चारु (cā́ru, “dear”), Latin cārus (“dear, expensive”), and Irish cara (“friend”).

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Forms

plural: whores

Synonyms

11 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

9 related words
Derivedbewhorecute hoorcyberwhorehomanwhoreoutwhorespoilerwhorewhoragewhorification

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
whopwhoppingwhoseA1whosoeverwhyA1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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