as in passionate
having a strong sexual desire
the salacious Greek god Pan is generally portrayed as having the legs, horns, and ears of a goat
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Recent Examples of salacious
There has been a lot of sympathy for the sisters as Britons have watched each salacious detail emerge.
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Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Money, 16 Feb. 2026
The free flow of information is the lifeblood of the world’s third largest financial center, after New York and London, and Apple Daily — for all its lurid crime stories and salacious gossip — was among a litany of outlets holding government officials to account.
—Andy Browne, semafor.com, 16 Feb. 2026
Magalhaes’ sentencing is the latest chapter of a long trial full of salacious details of affairs and a fetish website.
—Mirna Alsharif, NBC news, 13 Feb. 2026
The recent batch of Epstein files unveiled salacious emails exchanged between Wasserman and Maxwell years before Epstein’s criminal behavior came to light.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2026
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Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Money, 16 Feb. 2026
The free flow of information is the lifeblood of the world’s third largest financial center, after New York and London, and Apple Daily — for all its lurid crime stories and salacious gossip — was among a litany of outlets holding government officials to account.
—Andy Browne, semafor.com, 16 Feb. 2026
Magalhaes’ sentencing is the latest chapter of a long trial full of salacious details of affairs and a fetish website.
—Mirna Alsharif, NBC news, 13 Feb. 2026
The recent batch of Epstein files unveiled salacious emails exchanged between Wasserman and Maxwell years before Epstein’s criminal behavior came to light.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for salacious
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Companies like Acorn, which specializes in British TV, and Crunchyroll, devoted to anime, had built real businesses on niches with passionate fans.—
Lucas Shaw,
Bloomberg,
9 Mar. 2026
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Was there one among you all that was kind of most passionate about getting this record done?—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
9 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The number of days per year worldwide that are too hot to engage in ordinary activities has doubled since 1950, separate research found, while Arctic sea ice is at its lowest level on record.—
Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
12 Mar. 2026
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Jennette Jurado from Death Valley’s Public Information Team echoed that warning, noting that strong winds and hot temperatures over the weekend had probably contributed to a floral decline.—
Cierra Morgan,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Mar. 2026
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Johnson was convicted last month of two counts of lewd or lascivious molestation of a child and one count of electronically transmitting material harmful to a minor, according to prosecutors in Hernando County, Florida.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
5 Mar. 2026
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Salinas was convicted in June 2007 of lewd or lascivious acts on a minor, according to the criminal complaint.—
City News Service,
Oc Register,
28 Feb. 2026
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“Salacious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salacious. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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