whoring

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noun

Synonym of prostitution, having sex for money; (figurative) disgracing oneself for money; having promiscuous sex.

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prostitutionhaving sex for money
UncommonScrabble 14

Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of whore
nounwhoring (countable and uncountable, plural whorings)

plural whorings

  1. countableuncountableSynonym of prostitution, having sex for money; (figurative) disgracing oneself for money; having promiscuous sex.

    Yet she increased her whorings, remembering the days of her youth, when she played the whore in the land of Egypt and lusted after her paramours

    1989, New Revised Standard Version, Book of Ezekiel, 23:19–20
    1 more example

    Scott... had told me at the Closerie des Lilas how he wrote what he thought were good stories, and which really were good stories for the Post, and then changed them for submission, knowing exactly how he must make the twists that made them into salable magazine stories. I had been shocked at this and I said I thought it was whoring. He said it was whoring but that he had to do it...

    1964, Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable Feast, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, page 151

    Synonyms: prostitution, having sex for money

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of prostitution, having sex for money; (figurative) disgracing oneself for money; having promiscuous sex.

Similar
prostitutionhaving sex for money
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