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
Wearing what can best be described as discoball coords, Rih delivered a masterclass in the louche way to do December dressing.
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Alice Newbold, Glamour, 2 Dec. 2022
Flashbacks of drug and alcohol abuse, a louche courtship, and big financial secrets come and go throughout the show, as the story reassesses the part that sexism played in the way the duchess was perceived and treated.
—Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Nov. 2022
Under the leadership of the indomitable Cristabel, and with scenery devised by a louche Russian painter, the children put on theatrical productions staged in a whalebone structure.
—Katherine A. Powers, Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2022
The reason that the wing is temporarily nameless is Goldin, who is known for her louche countercultural photography.
—Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2022
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Alice Newbold, Glamour, 2 Dec. 2022
Flashbacks of drug and alcohol abuse, a louche courtship, and big financial secrets come and go throughout the show, as the story reassesses the part that sexism played in the way the duchess was perceived and treated.
—Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Nov. 2022
Under the leadership of the indomitable Cristabel, and with scenery devised by a louche Russian painter, the children put on theatrical productions staged in a whalebone structure.
—Katherine A. Powers, Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2022
The reason that the wing is temporarily nameless is Goldin, who is known for her louche countercultural photography.
—Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for louche
Adjective
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She was joined by her older sister, Bennett, 2, who is notorious for her antics around the Kelce home.—
Rachel McRady,
PEOPLE,
23 Oct. 2025
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The 'Teflon Don' and the Gambino 'Crime Family' The Gambinos and their onetime leader John Gotti – aka the Dapper Don and the Teflon Don – are perhaps the most notorious of the five New York crime families and the one most closely mimicked by a slew of Hollywood TV shows and movies.—
Josh Meyer,
USA Today,
23 Oct. 2025
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Many of the marble mausoleums on this 14-acre spot are held by Argentina’s elite, some famous, others infamous—think past presidents, Nobel Prize winners, and military commanders.—
Sophie Friedman,
AFAR Media,
22 Oct. 2025
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Natalya also addressed the infamous storyline where her character suffered from uncontrollable flatulence.—
Andrew Ravens,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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At the time, many bettors turned to social media to say that something shady occurred regarding prop bets involving his stats for that night.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
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Plants bloom well in shady locations and fill the late-summer gap with narrow, upright panicles packed with white or pink blooms.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Her history underscores the need for state law and how the criminal justice system interacts with those mentally ill to be reviewed, advocates told the Journal Sentinel.—
David Clarey,
jsonline.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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The San Diego County District Attorney’s Office filed criminal charges Friday against Poway City Councilmember Tony Blain.—
Susan Gill Vardon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Oct. 2025
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It was considered immoral to lie and the whole point of writing things down back then was to increase morality and improve society, so there really is no didactic history of forgery.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
16 Oct. 2025
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Unlike previous seasons, Dorothy never makes immoral choices.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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At one point, Cicero asks how a disreputable woman like Clodia should be punished.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Oct. 2025
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Her pattern was disrupted by Balthazar Blades settling himself at one end of the bar, smiling with all his disreputable charm.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
Entertainment Weekly,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Louche.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/louche. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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