Meanings
comparative more salacious · superlative most salacious
- Lascivious, bawdy, obscene, lewd.
salacious gossip
3 more examples
salacious details
The newspaper published a salacious story about the scandal.
He was arrested for distributing salacious material.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivecharacterized by lust
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinsalāx, salācis“provocative, lustful”
- Englishsalacious
Derived from Latin salāx, salācis (“provocative, lustful”) + -ious, ultimately from saliō + -acious.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian похотлив, неприличен
- похотлив (pohotliv)promoting sexual desire or lust
- неприличен (nepriličen)lascivious, bawdy, obscene, lewd
- непристоен (nepristoen)lascivious, bawdy, obscene, lewd
Danish uanstændig, modbydelig
- uanstændiglascivious, bawdy, obscene, lewd
- modbydeliglascivious, bawdy, obscene, lewd
- obskønlascivious, bawdy, obscene, lewd
Esperanto voluptiga
- voluptigapromoting sexual desire or lust
Finnish hekumallinen
- hekumallinenpromoting sexual desire or lust
French salace, salace
- salacepromoting sexual desire or lust
- salacelascivious, bawdy, obscene, lewd
German anzüglich, aufreizend
- anzüglichpromoting sexual desire or lust
- aufreizendpromoting sexual desire or lust
- heißpromoting sexual desire or lust
- schlüpfrigpromoting sexual desire or lust
- lüsternlascivious, bawdy, obscene, lewd
- schmutziglascivious, bawdy, obscene, lewd
- obszönlascivious, bawdy, obscene, lewd
Hungarian érzéki, pikáns
- érzékipromoting sexual desire or lust
- pikánslascivious, bawdy, obscene, lewd
Italian salace
- salacepromoting sexual desire or lust
Latin salax, salax
- salaxpromoting sexual desire or lust
- salaxlascivious, bawdy, obscene, lewd
Māori tūkari, mōtekoteko
- tūkaripromoting sexual desire or lust
- mōtekotekolascivious, bawdy, obscene, lewd
Norwegian slibrig
- slibrigpromoting sexual desire or lust
Polish lubieżny, sprośny
- lubieżnylascivious, bawdy, obscene, lewd
- sprośnylascivious, bawdy, obscene, lewd
- zbereźnylascivious, bawdy, obscene, lewd
Portuguese fogoso
- fogosopromoting sexual desire or lust
Romanian înflăcărat, lasciv
- înflăcăratpromoting sexual desire or lust
- lascivlascivious, bawdy, obscene, lewd
- obscenlascivious, bawdy, obscene, lewd
Russian похотли́вый, сладостра́стный
- похотли́вый (poxotlívyj)promoting sexual desire or lust
- сладостра́стный (sladostrástnyj)promoting sexual desire or lust
- распу́тный (raspútnyj)promoting sexual desire or lust
- вульга́рный (vulʹgárnyj)lascivious, bawdy, obscene, lewd
- непристо́йный (nepristójnyj)lascivious, bawdy, obscene, lewd
Spanish salaz
- salazpromoting sexual desire or lust
Thai ยั่วยวน, แซ่บ
- ยั่วยวนpromoting sexual desire or lust
- แซ่บ (sɛ̂p)promoting sexual desire or lust
Ukrainian хти́вий, похітли́вий
- хти́вий (xtývyj)promoting sexual desire or lust
- похітли́вий (poxitlývyj)promoting sexual desire or lust
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with salacious
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Cite this entry
salacious. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/salacious
“salacious.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/salacious. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “salacious,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/salacious.
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