as in notorious
not respectable
it was a seedy neighborhood of louche nightclubs a comedian playing a louche lounge singer
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Recent Examples of louche
The film is also the director’s love letter to a bygone Los Angeles era, a lost world of louche glamor, with actors, directors, hippies, and hustlers roaming the city’s studio lots, canyons, and hills.
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Jay Glennie, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2025
Years earlier, Easy made that kind of impression on Al Pacino’s Mickey Albano, a louche local personality who books talent for the Wynn casino.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 13 Sep. 2025
By the end of the song, Mars’s excursion into sleaze-funk turns into a full-on Sexyy Red chant-along, with the whole crew turned into a louche league of lip-licking libertines.
—Jon Pareles, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
Dolce & Gabbana showcased beautiful examples in their Spring/Summer 2025 show this past June, as did Amiri, offering another glimpse at a more sartorially louche future.
—Caroline Reilly, Robb Report, 4 Oct. 2024
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Jay Glennie, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2025
Years earlier, Easy made that kind of impression on Al Pacino’s Mickey Albano, a louche local personality who books talent for the Wynn casino.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 13 Sep. 2025
By the end of the song, Mars’s excursion into sleaze-funk turns into a full-on Sexyy Red chant-along, with the whole crew turned into a louche league of lip-licking libertines.
—Jon Pareles, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
Dolce & Gabbana showcased beautiful examples in their Spring/Summer 2025 show this past June, as did Amiri, offering another glimpse at a more sartorially louche future.
—Caroline Reilly, Robb Report, 4 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for louche
Adjective
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Decades later, the director admitted much of the notorious shockumentary was staged, though audiences continue to believe some segments are authentic footage.—
Emily St. Martin,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Apr. 2026
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Most of the latest atrocities have been blamed on the RSF and their Janjaweed allies — Arab militias that were notorious for atrocities in the early 2000s against people identifying as East or Central African in Darfur.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The show stops at peak Elvis, before the infamous Vegas years and the further breakdown of one of one of the most famous Americans ever to live.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Apr. 2026
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Bravo’s Summer House is engulfed in its own scandal, which follows in the footsteps of Vanderpump Rules’ now infamous Scandoval from 2023.—
Rebecca Ford,
Vanity Fair,
16 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Leptospires survive in shady, wet and muddy environments, building up on mud particles as slime.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Apr. 2026
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Alex Cooper asked Alix Earle what’s the beef between them after Earle had seemingly been reposting and commenting on shady videos about her for some time.—
Alejandra Gularte,
Vulture,
13 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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In 2025 alone, the city paid these firms more than $20 million to fight the claims of people whose criminal convictions were overturned in court.—
Joe Mahr,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Apr. 2026
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Assault victims in Virginia may seek a civil resolution to their criminal case through accord and satisfaction, an agreement for an amount owed in damages, such as money to cover the cost of medical bills or property repairs.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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And never mind that this is simply wrong, almost to the point of being immoral.—
The Orlando Sentinel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
19 Apr. 2026
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To do so is to be tacitly complicit in what these companies know to be wrong, unethical and immoral.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
7 Apr. 2026
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“Louche.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/louche. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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