LOCKER-ROOM Synonyms: 127 Similar and Opposite Words

locker-room

adjective

ˈlä-kər-ˌrüm

Definition of locker-room

as in vulgar

depicting or referring to sexual matters in a way that is unacceptable in polite society keep your locker-room talk for your fraternity brothers

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Recent Examples of locker-room The 35-year-old right tackle started in every game last season and was often cited as a strong locker-room presence. — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 1 Sep. 2026 This year’s priciest offerings, which range as high as $85,000, include a gifting suite, locker-room access and private hitting clinics with tennis royalty on practice courts. — Ben Ryder Howe, Curbed, 21 Aug. 2026 Not the clotheslining and rage-tweeting-about-White-privilege-from-the-locker-room kind. — Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 Aug. 2026 The adjoining locker-room bath areas keep saunas, hot baths and cold plunge pools running for guests, though access carries a fee for those not staying in the hotel's top-tier rooms. — Winston Ross, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for locker-room

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Adjective

Continue reading … SOUR NOTE — Hayley Williams unleashes vulgar insult at DHS after agency defends ICE officers.

— , FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026
This has made some machine translations comically inaccurate, sometimes turning innocuous words into vulgar references in English.

— Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of vulgar

Adjective

The filing follows a separate legal battle launched by Meloni in 2024 against a man accused of creating and posting deepfake pornographic images using her likeness.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026
Current Florida law says a school district can review and remove a book after a complaint has been made that a book is pornographic, obscene or isn’t age appropriate.

— Ana Goñi-Lessan, Sun Sentinel, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of pornographic

Adjective

The disingenuous campaign ads, the obscene amount of money that is spent to air them and the promises that are rarely fulfilled are enough to make one cynical.

— Cal Thomas, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2026
The public must contend head-on with a collapsing currency and runaway inflation, and to ordinary Iranians, describing the present situation as sustainable would sound almost obscene.

— Ali Vaez, Foreign Affairs, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of obscene

Adjective

Shohei Ohtani emerged from the visiting dugout at American Family Field with a bat in his hand, and the mass of media members scattered in foul territory up the third-base line shifted his way, pulled by the magnetic force that is Ohtani’s stardom.

— Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
Stewart attempted a pickoff throw that went off the glove of first baseman Freddie Freeman and into foul territory for an error, advancing Hamilton to second.

— CBS News, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of foul

Adjective

Ali then went to the top rope and hit a nasty 450 splash through the table.

— Ryan Gaydos OutKick, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026
However, the modern versions that are packed with high explosives and sit lurking under the dirt to blow up unwary vehicles or pedestrians are much nastier affairs.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of nasty

Adjective

Walls around the three-sinks are dirty in the ware-washing area.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2026
Postwar Hiroshima was a popular setting for these movie gangsters, who fought dirty, had no use for the old ceremonies, and wore flashy suits and aviator shades.

— Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of dirty

Adjective

Some orphans, their faces filthy, walked the stands hawking candy.

— Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2026
Myriad violations, from food that should’ve been trashed weeks earlier to filthy equipment, befouled the state inspection of a West Miami-Dade supermarket this week.

— David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of filthy

Adjective

James, who had been the third offensive option on the Lakers when everyone was healthy, with Austin Reaves playing well on that side of the court, had to find a different gear in the playoffs with Dončić out.

— Scott Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2026
Later on, in the fourth quarter, after an errant pass was batted upward and, eventually, into the hands of an offensive lineman, Kelce, ever the ambassador for his undersung position, was full of primal delight.

— Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2026

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